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How many phonemes in the word league?

The word "league" has 5 phonemes. Here's the breakdown:

* l - /l/

* ee - /iː/ (long e sound)

* g - /ɡ/

* u - /uː/ (long u sound)

* e - /ə/ (schwa sound)

Note that the silent "e" at the end doesn't represent a phoneme.

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