How To Pronounce Angola

In British English, Angola is pronounced /æŋˈɡəʊ.lə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [æ̃ŋˈɡəʊ.lə]. In American English, it is pronounced /æŋˈɡoʊ.lə/.

Angola has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.