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News Words - South Africa

Learn to correctly pronounce difficult world places and names in the news. Use phonetic spelling to pronounce news words from South Africa.
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas
Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Botswana
Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Myanmar Burundi Central African Republic Cambodia Cameroon Canada
Cape Verde Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Congo Kinshasa Costa Rica Croatia
Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt
El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France French Polynesia Gabon
Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana
Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland
Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia
Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova
Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand
Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Panama
Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia
Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone
Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia Somaliland South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain
Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania
Thailand Tibet Togo Tonga Trinidad Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine
United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Yugoslavia
Zaire Zambia Zanzibar Zimbabwe
News Words
English Spelling
Phonetic Spelling
BALFOUR, NGCONDE
(n)KAWN-day BAL-foor

BARNARD, CHRISTIAN
KRIHSHT-yehn BAHR-nahrd

BASSON, WOUTER
VOHT-ehr b-ass-OHN

BIKO, STEVE
STEEV BEE-koh

BOESAK, ALLAN
AL-ann BOO-sack

BOTHA, P.W.
BOO-ah-tah

BOTHA, PIK
PIHK BOO-ah-tah

BOTHA, ROELOF
ROO-lawf BOO-ah-tah

BUTHELEZI, MANGOSUTHU
mahn-goh-SOO-TOO boo-teh-LAY-zee

COETZEE, JOHAN
yoh-HAHN kuht-SEE-eh
News Words
English Spelling
Phonetic Spelling
DANDALA, MVUME
(m)VOO-mee dahn-DAH-lah

DE KLERK, MARIKE
mah-REE-kee day KL-AIR-K

DURBAN
DURR-behn

GINWALA, FRENE
FREH-nee jihn-WAH-lah

INKATHA
ihn-KAH-teh

KNOANA-MASHABANE, MAITE
m-eye-EH-teh (n)koh-AH-nah mah-shah-BAH-nee

KUMALO, DUMISANI
doo-mih-SAH-nee koo-MAH-loh

LE GRANGE, LOUIS
LOO-ee leh-HRAHN-see

LEKOTA, MOSIUOA
moh-SEE-wah leh-KOH-tah

LEON, TONY
TOH-nee LEE-ahn
News Words
English Spelling
Phonetic Spelling
MACHEL, GRACA
GRAH-sah mah-SHEHL

MADIKEZELA-MANDELA, WINNIE
WIH-nee mah-dee-kee-ZAY-lah mahn-DEH-lah

MADUNA, PENUELL
PEHN-wehl muh-DOO-nuh

MALAN, MAGNUS
MAG-nuhss meh-LAHN

MANDELA, NELSON
NEHL-suhn mahn-DEH-lah

MBEKI, THABO
TAH-boh mmm-BEH-kee

MBETE, BALEKA
beh-LEH-keh mm-BEH-teh

MERWE, SCHALK VAN DER
SKAHLK fahn dehr MEHR-veh

MESHOE, KENNETH
KEHN-ehth MEH-shoo

MINTY, ABDUL SAMAD
ahb-DOOL sah-MAHD MIHN-tee

MLAMBO-NGCUKA, PHUMZILE
poom-ZEE-leh (m)LAHM-boh NOOH-kah

MODISE, JOE
JOH moh-DEE-seh

MORKEL, GERALD
JEH-ruhld MOHR-kll

MOTLANTHE, KGALEMA
kah-LAY-mah moht-LAHN-tay

NAPIER, WILFRED FOX
WOOL-frehd fahks NAYP-yehr

NTSALUBA, AYANDA
eye-YAHN-dah (n)sah-LOO-bah

NZO, ALFRED
AL-frehd nnn-ZOH

PAHAD, AZIZ
ah-ZEES pah-HAHD

PILLAY, NAVENETHEM
nah-veh-NEE-thehm pih-LAY

RAMAPHOSA, CYRIL
SIH-rehl rah-mah-POH-sah

RENSBURG, SCHALK VAN
SKAHLK fuhn REHNS- b-air-k

ROBBEN ISLAND
RAW-behn

SHAIK, SCHABIR
shah-BEER SHAYK

SISULU, LINDIWE
LIHND-eh-way soo-SOO-loo

SITHOLE
sih-TOH-lay

TAMBO, OLIVER
AH-lih-vehr TAHM-boh

TERREBLANCHE, EUGENE
yoo-JEEN TEH-reh-blahn-ch

TSHABALALA-MSIMANG, MANTO
MAHN-toh shah-bah-LAH-lah ihm-SEE-mahng

TSHWETE, STEVE
STEEV SHWEH-teh

TUTU, DESMOND
DEHZ-muhnd TOO-too

VAN DER MERWE
FUHN-DEHR-MEHR-veh

VAN SCHALKWYK, MARTHINUS
mahr-TEE-nehs fahn SKAHLK-vayk

VAN ZYL, PAUL
POHL fahn SAYL

VILJOEN
feel-YOON

VLOK, ADRIAN
AH-dree-ahn FLAWK

XHOSA
KOH-seh

ZUMA, JACOB
JAY-kuhb ZOO-mah

ZUMA, NKOSAZANA DLAMINI
(n)koh-sah-ZAH-nah dlah-MEE-nee ZOO-mah

ZWELITHINI, GOODWILL
GOOD-wihl zweh-lih-TEE-nee
Source: Voice of America
 
 
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