How to Pronounce Django

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How to pronounce “Django” A Linguist Explains

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How to Pronounce "Django": A Linguist Explains lightning talk from DjangoCon 2009 by James Tauber

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How to pronounce “Django”

A Linguist Explains

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From the FAQ...

Django is pronounced JANG-oh. Rhymes with

FANG-oh. The “D” is silent.

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Django Reinhardt

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Django Reinhardt

[dʒɑ̃ŋɡo ʀeˈnɑʀt]

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sounds(phonemes)

letters(graphemes)

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Writing Systems:the oldest legacy

systems in the world

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Egyptian HieroglyphsProto-Canaanite

PhoenicianGreek

CumaeanEtruscan

Latin

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dj[dʒ]

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[d]voiced alveolar plosive

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[ʒ]voiced postalveolar fricative

vision

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ssi

VsiV

alveolar fricative

postalveolar fricative

voiced postalveolar fricative

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

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[dʒ]jacobgeorge

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j[dʒ] or [ʒ] or [ j ]

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dj[dʒ]