Hello,

Does anyone know how to pronounce the name of the new Ethiopian president, Sahle-Work Zewde?
I've found a couple of news videos with attempts to pronounce her name, but I'm not sure they were anywhere near the native pronunciation.

 

The native writing is ሳህለወርቅ ዘውዴ, which I think equates to [sahləwərk' zəwde], assuming the zero vowels are in the same place as in the romanization. I don't know Fidal, I'm just going off a table. Note that ወ is [wə], not [wo].

 

Thank you for your reply.

So [wərk] roughly sounds like the English word "work" said in a Scottish accent.