How To Pronounce Long

long

UK
Phonemic
/lɒŋ/
Phonetic
[lʷɒ̃ŋ]
US
Phonemic
/lɔːŋ/

In British English, long is pronounced /lɒŋ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [lʷɒ̃ŋ]. In American English, it is pronounced /lɔːŋ/.

Long has one 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.

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