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Swahili

How many syllables in Swahili?

  3 syllables

Divide Swahili into syllables:   Swa-hi-li
How to pronounce Swahili:   swah-hee-lee
How to say Swahili:

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What rhymes with Swahili

2 syllables
  • feely
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  • sealy
  • sheely
  • freely
  • mealy
  • seely
  • steely
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • ideally
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