Impossible to Pronounce Countries

When anti-government protestors in the central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan took government officials hostage and captured the state television station, many westerners wondered two things: 1) How would the situation resolve itself, and 2) how, exactly, is one supposed to pronounce the country's name. Here, the answer to the pronunciation question, along with tips for effortlessly uttering the names of nine other unpronounceable nations. Kyrgyzstan: Pronounced kur-guh-STAHN