How To Pronounce Jakarta

In British English, Jakarta is pronounced /dʒəˈkɑː.tə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [dʒəˈkʰɑː.tə]. In American English, it is pronounced /dʒəˈkɑːr.t̯ə/.

Jakarta 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.