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Pronunciation Guides

How pronunciation works across dozens of languages — writing systems, IPA, approximations, difficult sounds, and common mistakes, written for second-language learners.

72 guides

A

Ainu

for English speakers

Amharic

for English speakers

Amharic

for Spanish speakers

Amis

for English speakers

Arabic

for English speakers

Arabic

for Spanish speakers

Armenian

for English speakers

Aymara

for English speakers

B

Basque

for English speakers

Bengali

for English speakers

Bengali

for Spanish speakers

Burmese

for English speakers

Burmese

for Spanish speakers

C

Cantonese

for English speakers

Cantonese

for Spanish speakers

Cape Verdean Creole

for English speakers

Catalan

for English speakers

Cherokee

for English speakers

Chichewa

for English speakers

F

French

for English speakers

French

for Spanish speakers

Fuzhounese

for English speakers

G

German

for English speakers

German

for Spanish speakers

Guaraní

for English speakers

H

Haitian Creole

for English speakers

Hakka

for English speakers

Hakka

for Spanish speakers

Hausa

for English speakers

Hausa

for Spanish speakers

Hawaiian

for English speakers

Hindi

for English speakers

Hindi

for Spanish speakers

Hokkien

for English speakers

Hokkien

for Spanish speakers

I

isiXhosa

for English speakers

isiZulu

for English speakers

Italian

for English speakers

Italian

for Spanish speakers

J

Jejueo

for English speakers

K

Kinyarwanda

for English speakers

L

Lingala

for English speakers

Louisiana French

for English speakers

M

Mandarin

for English speakers

Mandarin

for Spanish speakers

Mapudungun

for English speakers

N

Náhuatl

for English speakers

Navajo

for English speakers

P

Persian

for English speakers

Persian

for Spanish speakers

Punjabi

for English speakers

Punjabi

for Spanish speakers

Q

Québécois

for English speakers

Quechua

for English speakers

R

Romansh

for English speakers

S

Shanghainese

for English speakers

Shona

for English speakers

Spanish

for English speakers

Swahili

for English speakers

Swahili

for Spanish speakers

T

Taishanese

for English speakers

Turkish

for English speakers

Turkish

for Spanish speakers

U

Ukrainian

for English speakers

Umbundu

for English speakers

Urdu

for English speakers

Urdu

for Spanish speakers

V

Vietnamese

for English speakers

Vietnamese

for Spanish speakers

W

Wolof

for English speakers

Y

Yoruba

for Spanish speakers

Yorùbá

for English speakers