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Pronouncing African (Ghana) name

GuffreyGuffrey Registered User regular
edited May 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
So my wife and I just signed up to sponsor a six year old boy in Ghana tonight. His name is Ntefuni. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to properly pronounce that name. Google has been no help (no, I dont want to see results for "stefani"). Also, if anyone knows the proper pronunciation, I'd appreciate it if you could list it like so...toaster=TOST-er (basically, I have no idea how to use the pronunciation guides in dictionarys). Thanks a lot!

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  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    any idea which part of ghana he's from/what language he speaks?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Ghana

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  • EggyToastEggyToast Jersey CityRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    N-teh-FOO-nee

    The N at the beginning is just like pronouncing an N by itself (with no "eh" in front of it, as in, not "enn"), and I capitalized it because it should be accented.

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  • GuffreyGuffrey Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I haven't heard what language or part of Ghana he is in yet, I'm hoping to learn more when we recieve our first letter from him. And thanksfor the help! I must be more worldly than I imagined, thats basically how I was saying it, who knew I'd be right! This is good to be locked.

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