Confused!!!!! please help!? manga?

ok, i've been getting real confused about the pronunciation(sp?) of manga. all my life i've been saying it like man-( like the man in huMAN) ga. lately, though, people seem to have gotten it into their heads that it's main-ga. i've been getting weird stares when i said it like i usually do, but i'm pretty sure i'm right. anyways, please help me! i'm over here tearing my hair out wondering what's the right way. and please give me an honest, true answer. anyways, thanks for the help.

Confused!!!!! please help!? manga?

Both forms of pronunciation that you listed are incorrect. It is pronounced "Mon-gah"

It's a Japanese word and in Japanese the "a" is pronounced as "ah" at all times.

Confused!!!!! please help!? manga?

Mon-ga

Confused!!!!! please help!? manga?

It's pronounced mon-ga (roughly), the mon pronounced like the Jamaican "mon".

Go here and click on the "listen" link. That's the correct pronunciation in Japanese.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga

Confused!!!!! please help!? manga?

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Confused!!!!! please help!? manga?

ma (as in mother)-un-ga

Confused!!!!! please help!? manga?

It is pronounced MAH-N-G -GAH

Or better yet, here is where you can hear the proper pronunciation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga

(click on "listen" which is right next to the word "manga")