How To Pronounce Pakistan

In British English, Pakistan is pronounced /ˌpɑː.kɪˈstɑːn/ or /ˌpæk.ɪˈstɑːn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌpɑː.kɪˈstɑ̃ːn]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈpæk.ə.stæn/.

Pakistan has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the third 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.