Ali Nirheche

My Name

How it's pronounced — and the approximations I often hear.

Ali Nirheche
[ˈʕʌli ˈniɣəʃ]

That's the native Moroccan Arabic pronunciation. [ʕ] is a voiced pharyngeal fricative and [ɣ] a voiced velar fricative — two consonants English doesn't have, which is why you'll hear a lot of variation.

Common approximations

Ordered from closest to the native pronunciation at the top, to farthest at the bottom. Any of them is fine by me.

First name

  1. [ˈʌli]
  2. [ˈæli]
  3. [ˈɑli]

Last name

  1. [ˈniɣʃ]
  2. [ˈniɣɛʃ]
  3. [ˈnirəʃ]
  4. [ˈnirʃ]
  5. [ˈnirɛʃ]