How do you pronounce Hono?

[kerolloz]

Some people say it 'Hono' others say it 'Ono', which is correct?

[yusukebe]

Hi @kerolloz

Hono is "Hono"!

I think it's "hono'o" to be more specific.

[ryuujo1573]

It's /hɒ nɒ o/ 😄

[MohsinDev369]

Since it's taken from the Japanese word Hono meaning Fire, Pronounce it using diaphragm.

[RickCogley]

I'm a long term Japan resident and Japanese speaker, here because I keep hearing people pronounce it "hah-noe" which gives me a rash, lol. Japanese language is simple in terms of its vowels - they are always basically the same and there are no troublesome dipthongs like English has.

Hono is pronounced close to English "oh no" with an h in front, and conversely is not like "hah noe". There's a light accent on the first syllable "ho", and the "no" is drawn out a little, as @yusukebe illustrates via their more detailed spelling hono'o. If you have a mac, you can change your system language to Japanese and let the kyoko voice say it:

> say "炎"

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