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Polynesian syllables are in a word.

Tau-ma-taw-ha-ka-tan-gi-han-ga-ko-au-au-o-ta-ma-te-a-po-kai-whe-nu-a-ki-tan-a-ta-hu.

27 syllables.

The number of syllables in any word depends on its pronunciation.

This, in reality, is a compound word made up of a number of other words in the Māori language of New Zealand to the point of actually being a phrase, making its pronunciation difficult to follow as a single word.

The phrase appears to be:

Taumata whakatangihanga koauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu.

comprising as many as 40 syllables depending on the individual pronunciation of each word.

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