Is Tan-ZANY-uh the Correct Pronunciation of Tanzania?

[tribdog]

Tanzania. according to the documentary I'm watching it is pronounced: Tan-ZANY-uh. I thought it was more Tan-zah-NEE-uh.

 

[Cyrus]

Tan-za-nee-yah.

Of course, the correct answer is how they say it. Not you, me, or the announcer.

 

[tribdog]

Tan-za-nee-yah.

Of course, the correct answer is how they say it. Not you, me, or the announcer.

Who cares how they pronounce it. they are a third world country. What counts is how I pronounce it. do they even know what the interweb is?

Edit: Just kidding, don't ban me.

 

[Monique]

Tan⋅za⋅ni⋅a   [tan-zuh-nee-uh; Swahili. tahn-zah-nee-ah]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tanzania

 

[Proton Soup]

tar-ZAN-ee-uh

 

[binzing]

tan-ZAN ee uh

I bet the person pronouncing it that was is German or of german descent in Africa.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

It's pronounced tan za ni a.

 

[D H]

Pronounce something wrong and all kinds of havoc may result. To wit,

Ron: Wingardium LeviosAA!
Hermione: Stop! Stop! Stop! You're going to take someone's eye out! Besides, you're saying it wrong. It's LeviOsa, not LevioSA.
Ron: You do it then if you're so clever. Go on, go on.
Hermione: Wingardium Leviosa!

 

[cristo]

tan-ZAN ee uh

I bet the person pronouncing it that was is German or of german descent in Africa.

... or just American.

 

[Andre]

So if you write down tan za, it's likely to sound like ten zeh. That's not the idea. Anyway, here is the correct pronounciation:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Tanzania

 

[Gokul43201]

Of course, the correct answer is how they say it. Not you, me, or the announcer.

How do the bushpeople pronounce 'Botswana'?

Something like this...?

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[Jang Jin Hong]

because my mother language can not
pronounce "z". the "z" is changed to "j"
and syllables are definitely divided.

tanzania
tan-ja-ni-a
탄-자-니-아
탄자니아

syllable is one to one correspondece to one character.