Talking Smart: Foreign Names

David � mahaj (Czech.)
[shmagay]

Decebal Gheară (Rom.)
[dechebal gia-re]

Djordje Babalj (Croat.)
[jorje babal] - "j" here is English, while "l" is mild as in French.

Dmitri Khokhlov (Rus.)
[hohlov] or [jojlov] for the Spaniards.

Dmitri Sytchev
[si-chov], the second syllable is stressed.