I have heard "fianchetto" for four decades now, and I have always pronounced it "fēənˈCHetō", but I have heard many people also pronounce it "fēənˈketō".
It is of Italian origin, so I am wondering if there are any Italians out there, especially natives, or anyone really, who can tell me what is the true, and proper, pronunciation.
ch
is always pronounced as ak
in Italian. You're maybe led astray by words likeciabatta
,ciao
, etc, where thec
takes ach
sound (though typically only when followed byi
ore
). – J... Jan 24 '20 at 17:25