I-xra-en
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔi˧˧ sɹaː˧˧ ʔɛn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ sɹaː˧˧ ʔɛŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ sɹaː˧˧ ʔɛŋ˧˧]
Proper noun
I-xra-en
- Israel
Usage notes
- Even though the "Government Portal" and textbooks published by Nhà Xuất bản Giáo dục recommend this transcription which sounds roughly like "Ees-rah-en", even news anchors on state-run TV usually say something like "Ees-sar-en" instead, which is illustrates metathesis.