How To Pronounce Uncle

In British English, uncle is pronounced /ˈʌŋ.kəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈʌ̃ŋ.kl̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈʌŋ.kəl/.

Uncle 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.