How Do You Spell MPHO?
Pronunciation: [ˈɛmfˈə͡ʊ] (IPA) 
The name "Mpho" is popular in Southern Africa, particularly in Botswana and South Africa. Its phonetic transcription in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is /m̩pʰʷɔː/. The first sound, "m̩," is a syllabic nasal, meaning that the "m" sound functions as both a consonant and a vowel. The "pʰʷ" represents a voiceless labialized bilabial plosive, which means that the "p" sound is accompanied by a slight lip-rounding. Finally, the "ɔː" represents an open-mid back vowel, with the mouth slightly open and the tongue toward the back of the mouth.
