Pronunciation of Aiga

[ragnij]

I haven't seen any comments on how Jeff and the cast are mispronouncing the Samoan word 'aiga'. Anyone who has spent the least amount of time in the South Pacific would know that the word should be pronounced 'eye-inga'. Galu should be pronounced 'ngalu'. I'm surprised that with the large staff on Survivor, one of their researchers didn't discover the proper way to pronounce those words.

[pawpaw]

Originally Posted by ragnij

I haven't seen any comments on how Jeff and the cast are mispronouncing the Samoan word 'aiga'. Anyone who has spent the least amount of time in the South Pacific would know that the word should be pronounced 'eye-inga'. Galu should be pronounced 'ngalu'. I'm surprised that with the large staff on Survivor, one of their researchers didn't discover the proper way to pronounce those words.

problems survivor samoa (Problems with Survivor Samoa)

Here another person commented on pronouncing samoan words

[westrock-bob]

I lived in Samoa for a short time... it is eye-inga a g has a ng sound. Like Pago Pago (capital of American Samoa) is pronounced pongo pongo.

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[RussellHantzForever]

I was confused to, I'm like, it's "eye-inga" isn't it?