Pronunciation Notes 19
             

Practice the following geographical names.  Lao has borrowed pronunciations from both English and French.

      
   ຮາວາຍ háawàay Hawaii
  ນິວ ຍອກ níw jɔ̄k New York
  ຊີກຄາໂກ síikháakòo Chicago
  ຊານຟານຊິສະໂກ sáanfáansísakòo San Francisco
  ລອນດອນ lɔ̀ɔndɔɔn London
  ປາຣີດ paalìi Paris
  ໂຕກຽວ tookìaw Tokyo
  ຮອງກົງ hòŋkoŋ Hong Kong
  ເຈນີວາ sǝ́ǝnὲεw Geneva

 

        
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