How To Pronounce Kabul

In British English, Kabul is pronounced /ˈkɑː.bʊl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkʰɑː.bʷʊɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkɑː.bʊl/.

Kabul 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.