How To Pronounce Human
human
UK
Phonemic
/ˈhjuː.mən/
Phonetic
[ˈhjʷuː.mə̃n]
US
Phonemic
/ˈhjuː.mən/
In British English, human is pronounced /ˈhjuː.mən/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈhjʷuː.mə̃n]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈhjuː.mən/.
Human has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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.
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