How to pronounce “Django”

A Linguist Explains

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Django is pronounced JANG-oh. Rhymes with

FANG-oh. The “D” is silent.

Django Reinhardt

Django Reinhardt

[dʒɑ̃ŋɡo ʀeˈnɑʀt]

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dj[dʒ]

[d]voiced alveolar plosive

[ʒ]voiced postalveolar fricative

vision

ssi

VsiV

alveolar fricative

postalveolar fricative

voiced postalveolar fricative

[d]+[ʒ] = [dʒ]voiced alveolar affricate

[dʒ]jacobgeorge

j[dʒ] or [ʒ] or [ j ]

dj[dʒ]