How To Pronounce Australia

In British English, Australia is pronounced /ɒˈstreɪ.li.ə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɒˈstr̥eɪ.li.ə]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɔːˈstreɪl.jə/.

Australia has four 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.