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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Pronunciation proper names

How does one pronounce Akebe Chinua?
  

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nu?? / (or if you're not familiar with phonetic script) tsjin-u-ahh-tsjuh-bay Source: YouTube -- at 0:25 his name is uttered. Hopefully this was helpful.

  • nu??
  • / (or if you're not familiar with phonetic script) tsjin-u-ahh-tsjuh-bay Source: YouTube -- at 0:25 his name is uttered.
  • Hopefully this was helpful.
  • Regards Jordy
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If you're referring to the professor Chinua Achebe, I found out that you should pronounce his name as follows


/'??nu?? ???'be?/




(or if you're not familiar with phonetic script) tsjin-u-ahh-tsjuh-bay

Source: YouTube -- at 0:25 his name is uttered. Hopefully this was helpful. Regards Jordy

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Good work, Dokter-- thanks very much for your contributions here at EF.

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