Quoting San Duanmu in 'Syllable Structure: The Limits of Variation'.
"The total number of possible syllables, therefore, should be the number of possible onsets times the number of VX rhymes times the number of choices for the extra final C.
Possible monosyllables in English.
Total = Onsets x VX x C = 59 x 298 x 10 = 170,510"
So you can imagine that the number is even bigger if you have not the constraint of monosyllabicity.
According to Pinson and Dene's book 'The Speech Chain', the total number of syllables is between one and two thousand' (1993; 14).
There are two words in the English language with twelve syllables-antidisestablishmentarianism and floccinoccinihilipilification (might not be the right spelling).
The word language has two syllables. The syllables in the word are lan-guage.
Every single word that is in the English language dictionary is made up of at least one or more syllables. The word cereal has a total of three syllables.
There are about 228,132 words total in the English language.
The word "funny" has a total of two syllables.
The largest dictionary term in the English language is:pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosisit has a total of 45 characters meaning a lung disease.
As of Wednesday, June 10th 2009, it has 1,000,000 words.
Every single word that is in the English language dictionary is made up of at least one or more syllables. The word cereal has a total of three syllables.
The total number of verbs in the English language is difficult to determine precisely as new words and verbs are constantly being added. However, estimates suggest there are around 10,000-20,000 verbs in English.
There are about 228,132 words total in the English language.
The Spouse poem by Luis Dato has a total of ten syllables.
It's not possible to count the words in any language, because there is no universal definition of what a word is. But most estimates place the number of words in any language between 40,000 and 160,000 words.Note: The language with the largest number of words is English, estimated at 170,000 to 250,000 words. No language has more words than English.
If you are asking what the second most spoken language in the world is, by number of total speakers, it's English. If you are asking what the second most widely spoken language is, it's Spanish. If you are asking what language is the most common second language for people, it's English.
English is currently the most widely spoken language in the world in terms of total number of speakers, followed by Mandarin Chinese. However, Mandarin has the most native speakers, while English is considered the most widespread and used as a second language in many countries.
The word customer has a total of 3 syllables. The number of syllables in a word is determined by sounding out each part of the word. Most words have between 2 and 4 syllables.
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There are approximately 170,000 words in current use in the English language, but the total number of words in the English language is estimated to be over a million, including technical terms, slang, and regional dialects.
It's the total number of syllables.
It's the total number of syllables.