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How many phonemes in the word banana?

The word "banana" has 5 phonemes. Here's how we break it down:

* b (as in "bat") - 1 phoneme

* ah (as in "father") - 1 phoneme

* n (as in "sun") - 1 phoneme

* ah (as in "father") - 1 phoneme

* n (as in "sun") - 1 phoneme

Notice that the "a" in "banana" represents the same phoneme twice.

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