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How to pronounce author names starting with K

Author Pronunciations

41 last names beginning with "K"

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IS-mail ka-DA-reh
ca-do-HAR-ta
KAH-neh-mun
kull-AHN-uh-thee
KAL-ten-egg-er
SOHN-yuh kuh-MAHL
"In the U.S. my name is pronounced very close to 'mahjong' so with a soft 'j' and the final syllable rhyming with barn." - Marjan Kamali
kay-min
kam-kwarmba (the word means a piece of fabric in Malawi)
DEEP-tee kuh-POOR
mee-EH-koh KAH-wuh-KAH-mee
cane KOFFman
keys
LAH-lay kuh-DEE-vee
poor-uh-CHISS-tuh KAHK-poor
SHUBB-nuhm
Oz-mah Us-lum Kha-aan
KEEF-er
jew-hey-yah kim
KIN-der (first syllable rhymes with din)
Klay rhymes with why
ver-lin clink-en-borg
nole, like the word "knoll"
hill-dure KNUTS-doh-teer
Coke
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