For the Dutch pronunciation of Ysbrand, you can listen to the audio clips featured on the websites below:• https://nl.forvo.com/search/Ysbrand/nl/ (in Dutch) • https://youtu.be/gtsi0r-fQvY (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:02)Converted to IPA, it should be: /'ɛi̯s.brɑnt/In the Dutch province of Friesland (also known as West Frisia), Ysbrand has a different pronunciation, namely:/'is.brɑnt/You can listen to examples of it here:• https://youtu.be/LqQm5EBxWg0 (in Dutch, but this clip originates from a Frisian TV channel and the bearer involved is also Frisian; the name is said at 0:07) • https://youtu.be/0xwWohIsDXw (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:04) • https://youtu.be/OHX-ccZWVWA (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:01)This is because the vowel Y is always pronounced as /i/ in Frisian, whereas in Dutch it can be pronounced as /i/ (usually in words and names of Greek origin) and as /ɛi̯/ (usually when it is an alternate spelling or replacement of the vowel IJ, which usually occurs in words and names that are ultimately of Germanic origin). [noted -ed]
• https://nl.forvo.com/search/Ysbrand/nl/ (in Dutch)
• https://youtu.be/gtsi0r-fQvY (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:02)
Converted to IPA, it should be: /'ɛi̯s.brɑnt/
In the Dutch province of Friesland (also known as West Frisia), Ysbrand has a different pronunciation, namely:
/'is.brɑnt/
You can listen to examples of it here:
• https://youtu.be/LqQm5EBxWg0 (in Dutch, but this clip originates from a Frisian TV channel and the bearer involved is also Frisian; the name is said at 0:07)
• https://youtu.be/0xwWohIsDXw (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:04)
• https://youtu.be/OHX-ccZWVWA (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:01)
This is because the vowel Y is always pronounced as /i/ in Frisian, whereas in Dutch it can be pronounced as /i/ (usually in words and names of Greek origin) and as /ɛi̯/ (usually when it is an alternate spelling or replacement of the vowel IJ, which usually occurs in words and names that are ultimately of Germanic origin). [noted -ed]