ocalan

[Beverly Flanigan]

I've heard [och at lan] more often (ch=[c] with hachek, @=schwa).  Others?


At 09:54 AM 7/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Speaking of Dokic, I'm mystified by Ocalan (as in Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurd
>leader), pronunciation (I think) /@rdjalan/ (based on the ADS IPA symbols
>for e-mail).  Is that correct?  I have heard the last two vowels pronounced
>various ways.
>
>Thanks,
>Jessie
>