How To Pronounce Cameroon

In British English, Cameroon is pronounced /ˌkæm.əˈruːn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌkæ̃m.əˈrʷũːn]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌkæm.əˈruːn/.

Cameroon has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the third syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

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.