PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
abenaki a-beh-NAH-kee
Abkhasian ab-KAHZ-ee-en
Aborigine AB-uh-RIJ-uh-nee
Afar AH-far
Afghani af-GAH-nee
Algonquian al-GONG-keww-en
(variation of Algonkian)
Amish AH-mish
Apache uh-PACH-ee
Arapesh AHR-uh-pesh
Arunta ah-RUNT-uh
Ashanti un-SHAHN-tee
Assiniboine A-SEH-nuh-boyn
Awlad Ali Bedouin Ah-lad AH-lee BED-oo-in
or BED-uh-win
Aymara EYE-mah-RAH
Azande eh-ZAHN-dee
Aztec AZ-TEK
Badga beh-DAH-guh
Bakhtiari bok-tee-AHR-ee
Balinese BAH-luh-NEEZ
Balue BAH-oo-LAY
Basuto buh-SOOD-oh
Bedouin BED-oo-in or BED-uh-win
Bellacoola BEL-uh-KOO-luh
Beothuk BAY-oh-took
Blackfoot BLAHK-foot
Bosnians Bahz-nee-anz
Canary Islanders
Caribbean KEH-ruh-BEE-en
or kuh-RIB-ee-en
Caribou KEH-ruh-BOO
Carrier KAH-ree-er
Cayuga kay-YOO-guh or kee-YOO-guh
Chechens CHEN-enz
Chenchu CHEN-choo
Cherokee CHER-ruh-KEE
Cheyenne shy-AN
Chipewyan CHIP-eh-WHY-an
Chippewa CHIP-uh-WAH
Cinta-Larga Sin-tuh LAHR-guh
Comanche kuh-MAN-chee
Cree kree
Croats kroe
Crow kroh
Dahomey duh-HOH-mee
Dane-zaa da-HAH-nay-ZAH
Dene DEH-nay
Dobuan DOH-boo-en
Doukhobor DOO-kah-BOR
Egba EG-buh
Enga EN-guh
Evenki eh-VEN-kee
Fon Fahn
Gros Ventre groh vahnt
Guro GOO-roh
Gusii G00-see
Gwich’in GWUCH-en
Hadza HAHD-zuh
Haida HI-dah
Hawaiian huh-WAH-yen
Hidatsa huh-DAT-sah
Hopi HOH-PEE
Huron HYOUR-on
Hutterites HUH-ter-RITES
Hutu HOO-too
Ibibio i-BIB-ee-oh
Ibo EE-boh
Igbo IG-boh (variation of Ibo)
Innu eh-NOO
Inuit IN-oo-it
Iroquoian EAR-uh-KWOY-en
Iroquois EAR-uh-KWOY
Ju/’hoansi zhutwasi
Kapauku Papuan kuh-POW-koo PAP-oo-en
Kaska KAZ-kah
Kayapo KAH-yuh-POH
or KEE-uh-POH
Kota KOHD-uh
Kpelle kuh-PEL-uh
Kurumba kuh-ROOM-buh
Kwakiutl KWAH-kee-YOO-dl
Lubicon Cree LOO-buh-KON kree
Maliseet MAHL-uh-SEET
Mande MAHN-DAY
Maori MAH-or-REE
Marquesan mahr-KAY-zen
Masai mah-SIGH
Maya MAH-yuh or MY-yuh
Mbuti em-BOO-tee
Melanesians mel-uh-NEE-shun
Melemchi MEL-EM-CHEE
Mende MEND-ee
Mennonite MEN-noh-NITE
Métis MAY-tee
Mi’kmaq MIK-MAK
Minangkabau MIN-ANG-KA-BOW
Miskita/Rama mis-KEE-tah rah-mah
Mohawk MOE-hahk
Mongo MUHN-GOH
Mono MOH-NOH
Montagnais MAHN-tuhn-YAY
Mundugumor men-DOO-guh-mor
Mundurucu MOON-doo-roo-KOO
Nandi NAHN-dee
Naskapi nahs-KAH-pee
Navajo NAV-uh-HOH
or NAHV-uh-HOH
Nayar NIGH-er
Netsilik NEHT-seh-lick
Nuer NOO-er
Ojibwa oh-JIB-WAH
Omaha OH-muh-HAH
Oneida oh-NIGH-duh
Onondaga On-en-DAH-guh
Paiutes PIE-YOOT
Pakhtun PAK-tun

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Papuan PAP-yoo-en
Penobscot puh-NOB-scot
Pequot PEE-KWOT
Pomo POH-MOH
Quebecois kay-bek-QWAH
Saami SAM-ee
Salish SAY-lish
Samoan suh-MOH-en
Sarcee SAR-see
Saulteaux SOH-toh
Scots
Sechelt
Sekani se-KAH-nee
Seneca SEN-i-kuh
Serbs
Sherente sheh-REHN-nee
Shoshone shoh-SHOH-nee
Shuar shoo-AHR
Siane
Sioux soo
Skolt Lapp skolt lap
Slavey SLAY-vee
Somali
Sudanese SOO-dah-NEEZ
Swazi SWAHZ-ee
Taiwanese TIE-WAH-NEEZ
Tchambuli cham-BOO-lee
Tegrean TAY-gree-en
Tesembaga tsem-BAH-guh
Tewa TAY-wuh or TEE-wuh
Tibetan ti-BET-en
Tiriki TEER-ICK-EE
Tlingit TLING-it
Toda TOH-duh
Tory TOR-ee
Trobriand TROH-bree-END
Truk truk
Turkana ter-KAHN-uh
Tutsi TOOT-si
Ute yoot
Wape WAH-PAY
Yahgan YAH-gen
Yako YAH-KOH
Yanomami YAHN-oh-MAH-mee
Yaqui YAH-kee
Yorbua YOR-uh-buh
Zapotec ZAH-puh-TEK
Zuni ZOO-nyee or ZOO-nee