How To Pronounce Tanzania

In British English, Tanzania is pronounced /ˌtæn.zəˈniː.ə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌtæ̃n.zəˈniː.ə]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌtæn.zəˈniː.ə/.

Tanzania has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the third 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.