How is Eritrea pronounced (natively)?

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I've heard Ethiopians pronounce it E-ri-tir-ia and Americans say E-Ree-Tree-Ah which is correct?

2006-07-23 09:41:13 · 4 answers · asked by SCH 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

In Eritrea, it´s pronounced more like Ertra. And the language is Tigrigna (gn is like cognac.)

2006-07-23 12:05:04 · answer #1 · answered by ingrid 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋

Yeh-ri- TRI-yah

2006-07-23 09:49:03 · answer #2 · answered by Cristian Mocanu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I think it's EH- REE- Tr- EH- AH

the E is like the E in HEY., except for REE, there its like in carrEEr.

2006-07-23 09:45:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Eritrea

Click on the little speaker icon [might take a couple seconds to play].

Air -ih - TREE - ah

2006-07-23 09:49:02 · answer #4 · answered by sonyack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋