How to pronounce Haiti?

Haiti is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ H AI - t ee ]

H	AI	-	t	ee
hat	pain		to	see

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Haiti is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ haa EE tee ]

EE

see

name of country

French

Haïti

It is appropriate in deference to its native people to pronounce the name the way they pronounce it themselves. The correct spelling includes the diaerisis as in ‘naïve’.

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Haiti is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ ay EE tee ]

ay	EE
lie	see

Country

Taino

Ayiti, Haïti

Rugged Mountains

David Geggus, "The Naming of Haiti," NWIG: New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, vol. 71, no. 1 & 2 (1997): 43–68.

Haiti - is a Creole and French speaking Caribbean nation

It is pronounced and spelt correctly as Haïti in the same way as naïve. In the French pronunciation the ‘h’ is of course silent. There is a regrettable and widespread Anglo-Saxon/American tendency to ignore the way a word is pronounced in its native tongue.

name of country

French

Haïti

It is appropriate in deference to its native people to pronounce the name the way they pronounce it themselves. The correct spelling includes the diaerisis as in ‘naïve’.

eye ee tea

"eye" EE "tea"

Country

Taino

Ayiti, Haïti

Rugged Mountains

David Geggus, "The Naming of Haiti," NWIG: New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, vol. 71, no. 1 & 2 (1997): 43–68.