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Short Pronunciation List as of Feb 4, 2012
 
  The following is a list of people and places in recent VOA news items.
- Indicates Audio File

Name Origin Pronunciation

AHMADINEJAD, MAHMOUD Iran mah-MOOD ahh-mah-dee-nee-ZHAHD Indicates mp3 audio file

AL BASHIR, OMAR HASSAN Sudan OH-mahr   HAH-sahn   al   baa-SHEER Indicates mp3 audio file

AL-ASSAD, BASHAR Syria bah-SHAHR ahl  AH-sahd Indicates mp3 audio file

AL-HASHEMI, TARIQ Iraq TAH-rehk al HASH-eh-mee Indicates mp3 audio file

AL-MUALEM, WALEED Syria wah-LEED al moo-AH-lehm Indicates mp3 audio file

AL-SHABAB Somalia AL-shah-bahb Indicates mp3 audio file
  Notes: militant group

BASBUG, ILKER Turkey EEL-k-air  bahsh-BOO Indicates mp3 audio file

BEVANDA, VJEKOSLAV Bosnia v-YEHK-oh-slahv BEH-vahn-dah Indicates mp3 audio file

BOKO HARAM Nigeria BOH-koh hah-RAHM Indicates mp3 audio file

DRAGHI, MARIO Italy MAH-ree-oh DRAHG-ee Indicates mp3 audio file

ERDOGAN, RECEP TAYYIP Turkey reh- JEHP tie-YIHP ERR-doh-ahn Indicates mp3 audio file

GANZOURI, KAMAL Egypt kah-MAL gan-ZOO-ree Indicates mp3 audio file

GHALIOUN, BOURHAN Syria boor-HAHN gal-ee-OON Indicates mp3 audio file

GILANI, YOUSUF RAZA Pakistan YOO-SOOF RAY-ZAH GHEE-LAH-NEE Indicates mp3 audio file

HADI, ABD RABBOU MANSUR Yemen AH-bd RAH-boh mahn-SOOR HAD-ee Indicates mp3 audio file

IENG SARY Cambodia EE-uhng SAA-REE Indicates mp3 audio file

IENG THIRITH Cambodia EE-uhng TEER-iht Indicates mp3 audio file

IRAN Iran ih-RAHN Indicates mp3 audio file
  Notes: also "ih-RAH-nee-ahn" ...VOA preferred pronunciation

IRAQ Iraq ih-RAHK Indicates mp3 audio file
  Notes: VOA preferred

JUNCKER, JEAN-CLAUDE Luxembourg ZAH(n) KLOWD YOON-kehr Indicates mp3 audio file

KARZAI, HAMID Afghanistan haw-MIHD kahr-Z-EYE Indicates mp3 audio file

KATATNI, SAAD Egypt SAH-AHD kah-TAHT-nee Indicates mp3 audio file

KHIEU SAMPHAN Cambodia KEE-yo   sahm-PAHN Indicates mp3 audio file

KIIR, SALVA Sudan SAHL-vah KEER Indicates mp3 audio file

KIM JONG-UN North Korea KIHM JAWNG-OON Indicates mp3 audio file

MONTI, MARIO Italy MAHR-yoh MAWN-tee Indicates mp3 audio file

N'DOUR, YOUSSOU Senegal YOO-SOO (n)'DOO-err Indicates mp3 audio file

NACKAERTS, HERMAN Belgium her-MAHN NAHK-air-ts Indicates mp3 audio file

NUON CHEA Cambodia NOO-ahn   CHEE-ah Indicates mp3 audio file

POL POT Cambodia PAWL  PAWT Indicates mp3 audio file

RAHIMI, MOHAMMAD REZA Iran moh-hah-MAHD ray-ZAH rah-hee-MEE Indicates mp3 audio file

ROSHAN, MOSTAFA AHMADI Iran MOO-STAH-FAH ah-mah-DEE roh-SHAHN Indicates mp3 audio file

SALEH, ALI ABDULLAH Yemen AH-lee  ahb-DULL-ah   SAH-leh Indicates mp3 audio file

SCHETTINO, FRANCESCO Italy frahn-CHEHS-koh skeh-TEE-noh Indicates mp3 audio file

TALEBAN Afghanistan tah-lee-BAHN Indicates mp3 audio file

TSHIEKEDI, ETIENNE Congo-Kinshasa a-tee-EHN   chee-seh-KEH-dee Indicates mp3 audio file

TYMOSHENKO, YULIA Ukraine YOOL-yah tih-moh-SHEHN-kaw Indicates mp3 audio file

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