How To Pronounce January

In British English, january is pronounced /ˈdʒæn.ju.ə.ri/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdʒæ̃n.jʷu.ə.ri]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdʒæn.ju.er.i/.

January has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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.