User talk:Harrias/Catherine Ndereba

IPA pronunciation

@Buidhe: As a familiar name in the list of Wikipedians who describe themselves as having "an advanced understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet", I wonder if you can help me with an IPA pronunciation guide for this draft? In the footnote at the bottom of this article, the writer describes the pronunciation as "duh-REH-bah", but I have no idea how to convert that into IPA. Are you able to help? Harrias ^talk 12:01, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Harrias, Unfortunately, non-expert phonetic approximations are not a lossless format and it would be impossible to extract IPA from that without a large amount of guesswork (OR) and familiarity with Nigerian English (which I don't have). In general, IPA shouldn't be included if it's not verifiable. (t · c) buidhe 12:04, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Buidhe,Okay, that'll do as an answer for me! Thanks for the advice. Harrias ^talk 12:09, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]