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autochthonous

How many syllables in autochthonous?

  4 syllables

Divide autochthonous into syllables:   au-toch-tho-nous
Stressed syllable in autochthonous:   au-toch-tho-nous
How to pronounce autochthonous:   aw-tok-thuh-nus
How to say autochthonous:

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