How to Pronounce Django

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+ jtauber 2 months ago
another point I made (on slide 5) is that almost everyone gets the pronunciation of 'Reinhardt' wrong.
+ jtauber 2 months ago
one thing that’s missing without the audio is that on slide 2 where I quote the FAQ, I point out that the last line ’The D is silent’ is helpful but actually wrong. The point of the whole talk is that the D *is* pronounced, just not as part of the J

Nowell Strite, Senior Manager, Technology Solutions at PBS, favorited this 2 months ago
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How to pronounce “Django” A Linguist Explains
From the FAQ... Django is pronounced JANG-oh. Rhymes with FANG-oh. The “D” is silent.
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt ʒɑ̃ŋɡ ʀ ˈ ɑʀ
letters (graphemes) sounds (phonemes)
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dj ʒ
voiced alveolar plosive
ʒ voiced postalveolar fricative vision
s alveolar fricative si postalveolar fricative VsiV voiced postalveolar fricative
ʒ ʒ voiced alveolar affricate
jacob ʒ george
j ʒ ʒ
dj ʒ