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# How to pronounce "ordinary language" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ɒrdɪnærɪlængʌɪdʒ/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **or·di·na·ry·lan·gu·age**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "ordinary language" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "because the very act of to explain it trying to put it into ordinary language causes you to learn it better and that's absolutely perfectly true of me I know that that's why I would never in a million years stand a"
- **Watch at 22:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6OjIfv6jvM&t=1335s)

### Example 2
*Accent: UK*
> "ordinary language so suppose I refer to this and I call it a hand and I conclude"
- **Watch at 3:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhHz0l3YrE4&t=205s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "ordinary language, in particular ways, they generate more or less support."
- **Watch at 49:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WapZQ_LwFM&t=2943s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "described in ordinary language as the lowest death of baseness which every child is taught to be ashamed of even that act finds justification in"
- **Watch at 116:21**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dqLVqkXvUk&t=6981s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "interest also wittgenstein's ordinary ordinary language philosophy but it's so"
- **Watch at 40:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTTTErMtgeA&t=2425s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "doing understanding of ordinary language by computers and everybody said oh you mean you talk to the computer and I said no no no that's too hard right you typed"
- **Watch at 0:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIsHLM_-vWk&t=43s)

### Example 7
*Accent: UK*
> "things in this ordinary language sense but I still challenge you that those"
- **Watch at 2:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhHz0l3YrE4&t=138s)

### Example 8
*Accent: UK*
> "identified with ordinary language philosophy, as though the purpose of philosophy was just getting clear about"
- **Watch at 5:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-6EOtNyEtA&t=301s)

### Example 9
*Accent: UK*
> "how we use ordinary language."
- **Watch at 5:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-6EOtNyEtA&t=308s)

### Example 10
> "This novel has some more or less ordinary language in it."
- **Watch at 31:50**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L19iQjE71Ws&t=1910s)


## How to Pronounce "ordinary language"

- **Syllables**: or · di · na · ry · lan · gu · age
- **IPA**: `/ɒrdɪnærɪlængʌɪdʒ/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[ordinary](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/ordinary), [language](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/language)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “ordinary language”?
“ordinary language” is pronounced /ɒrdɪnærɪlængʌɪdʒ/ (or · di · na · ry · lan · gu · age). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “ordinary language”?
“ordinary language” has 7 syllables: or · di · na · ry · lan · gu · age.

### How can I hear “ordinary language” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “ordinary language” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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