Langkawi
 

Anyone know how to pronounce this?

Depends where you are from and your own accent, roughly speaking though:

'Lang' as in 'sang or 'pang'

'ka' an in 'car'

'wi' an in 'we'

lang-car-we

James-I beg to differ. It's pronounced Lang...COW....ee, here in the Hunter.

Lyndie, do you live in the Hunter Valley?

why would you take diction lessons from criminals...

I've always pronounced it Lang-COW-ee, too. However, Thais pronounce it Lang-car-we, it's been a while since I've been in Malaysia so I can't remember how they say it.

Moooooo! Yes laurieco, I live in the Hunter Valley. Cow territory, grape territory, the darnest nicest part of NSW, imho. Moving back to Central Coast soon though. It's tooo quiet with all that mooing & bird chirping.

And Bob, not all of us are descended from criminals. Some of us were free settlers. Others of us were Welsh landed gentry. So there!

The Hunter Valley is lovely. I've stayed there a couple of times. Where are you moving to? I haven't been to Australia in a few years. Eric and I keep saying we have to go back. Perhaps next time we'll look for a place in Tazmania. We always say we want to retire there. Talk about quiet!!

A in the malay language is like A in spanish eg casa.

so langkawi is pronounced as lung-car-we.

howdy hornbill. Tks for the clarification. I'll be sure to practice my pronunciation when I'm there next month.

laurieco-not sure of new home but will keep you posted. Home is just where we hang our hats. The world is our home! Planning a move to Sri Lanka or India for our permanent retirement!

Tassie is glorious but too cold for us.