How do you pronounce 'Bluntschli'?

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How to pronounce this name (Bluntschli). He is the hero of "Arms and The Man" by George Bernard Shaw. I have read somewhere that it is pronounced like (Bluntli) because (sch) is silent. Is it right?
 

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I would not make the sch silent.
 

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Johann Kaspar Bluntschli (1808-1881), Swiss legal scholar.

IPA Pronunciation: /ˈblʊntʃ.li/
View attachment Bluntschli.mp3

Source: Read Clearly Dictionaries


You will have to convert to IPA using the pronunciation key.

Read Clearly Dictionaries is one of the largest database of Biographical and Geographical Pronunciations.
 
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