English Pronunciation Guide to the Names of People, Places, and Stuff
Papua New Guinea
country in the western Pacific
Name: Papua New Guinea
Tags: countries of the world papua new guinea disputed
Notes:
There seem to be a variety of view as to how to correctly pronounce Papua. Are there 2 or 3 syllables? Does the first syllable ryhme with "tap" or "top"?
BBC specifies 2 syllables: PAP-wuh
Bollard gives two pronunciations: PAHP-uh-wuh and PAP-yuh-wuh
MWGD and NBC both give: PA-pyoo-uh
A helpful inogolo visitor who spent time in Papual New Guinea described the pronunciation as: PAHP-wuh
country in the western Pacific
Name: Papua New Guinea
Phonetic Pronunciation: PA-pyoo-uh noo GIH-nee
Audio Pronunciation: (link)Tags: countries of the world papua new guinea disputed
Notes:
There seem to be a variety of view as to how to correctly pronounce Papua. Are there 2 or 3 syllables? Does the first syllable ryhme with "tap" or "top"?
BBC specifies 2 syllables: PAP-wuh
Bollard gives two pronunciations: PAHP-uh-wuh and PAP-yuh-wuh
MWGD and NBC both give: PA-pyoo-uh
A helpful inogolo visitor who spent time in Papual New Guinea described the pronunciation as: PAHP-wuh
Pronunciation Key
Syllables are separated by dashes
Stressed syllables are capitalized
Quotation marks ("xxx") enclose a whole word pronounced as in American english
Examples below assume an American english accent
Vowels
Example
UH
mother
A
cat
AY,AI
ape
AH
pot
AW
saw
OU
out
E,EH
met
EE
tree
I,IH
bit
IE,Y
tie,try
O,OH,OE
go,toe
OY,OI
toy
OO
boot,shoe
UU
foot,put
R-colored vowels
Example
UR
murder
AIR
hair,bare
EER
beer,hear
OOR
poor
OR
door,for
AR
car
Consonants
Example
B
box
CH
chip
D
dog
F
food
G
go
H
help
J
jaw
K
can
L
look, bell
M
man
N
near
NG
ring
P
poor
R
root
S,SS
sun,kiss
SH
shape
T
tin
TH
thumb,then
V
van
W
wand
Y
young
Z
zoom
ZH
vision
PY
pupil
L-endings
Example
AL
pal
ALL
ball
AIL
pail
ULL
hull
OOL
tool
OAL
coal
EEL,EAL
deal
ILL
pill
ILE
style,pile
Other
Example
IKE
bike
INE
line
ITE
light,bite
ICE
dice
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