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Azerbaijan:   azz-uhr-beh-JAHN

ah-zhur-BYE-jan

Bahrain:   bah-RAIN

BAH-rain

Belarus:   bell-ah-ROOZ

beh-LARE-us

Brunei:   Brew-NEE

brew-NAY

Burkina Faso:   buhr-KEE-neh fah-SOU

BURK-ee-nah fah-SEW

Burundi:   boo-ROON-dee

boo-RUN-dee

Comoros Islands:  KOHM-uh-roze

koh-mohr-us

Djibouti:   jeh-BOO-tee

dee'JEH-boot-ee

Eritrea:   urh-uh-TREE-UH

eh-REE-tee-ah

Gabon:   gah-BONE

gah-BAHN

Guinea-Bissau:   GIHN-ee beh-SUE

GIHN-nee-ah Bis-sowh

Kazakhstan:   KAH-zak-stahn

kah-ZAK-stahn

Kyrgyzstan:   KUR-jee-stahn

kur-GIZ-stahn

Lesotho:   luh-soh-toh

leh-soh-tho

Liechtenstein:    LICK-tuhn-stine

LEECH-tuhn-stine

Maldives:    MOHL-deeves

MAL-dives

Mauritius:    moh-REESH-us

mohr-uh-TEE-us

Moldova:    Mahl-DOH-vuh

mold-DOH-vah

Myanmar:    my'ahn-MAHR

mee-AHN-mahr

Namibia:    nah-MIB-ee-ah

nah-MIH-bee-ah

Nevis:    NEE-vus

NEH-vus

Paraguay:    pare-uh-GW'EYE

pare-uh-GWAY

Qatar:    KUT-uhr

kah-TAHR

Seychelles:    say-SHELL

SAY-SHELLS

Tajikistan:    taj-JEEK-eh-stahn

tah-JICK-eh-stahn

Thailand:    TYE-land

THIGH-land

Uruguay:    yuhr-uh-GW'EYE

uhr-ah-GWAY

Uzbekistan:    ooz-BEHK-eh-stahn

ooz-BEH-kis-stahn

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