Benveniste

[Stephan Wilhelm]

Hello,

Could I ask you if you happen to know how the proper noun "Benveniste" (the French linguist) is pronounced in English. I have tried to obtain this piece of information by looking it up in Well's Pronouncing Dictionary, but to no avail.

Many thanks in advance !

Stephan

[Casiopea]

My father's side of the family speaks French Canadian.
This is how I would pronounce Benveniste,

[bEn'v?'nIst]

symbols
[E] as in bed (though nasalized)
[?] as in the
[I] as in sit