Posted: Nov 14, 2016 11:31 pm
Something which is quite peculiar is the way many Europeans have trouble with pronouncing a consonant cluster that consists of a nasal followed by a plosive (eg ND, MB, NZ) when at the start of a word (which is fairly frequent in African languages), but no problem at all when that cluster is in the middle or at the end of a word. Most blatant example that I remember is the crew of Air France flights always pronouncing the name of the Chadian capital in announcements as En-djaména in stead of as Ndjaména.