How many syllables in phoneme?

There are 2 syllables in the word phoneme.

How to pronounce phoneme:

phoneme (noun):: (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language.; any of the abstract units of the phonetic system of a language that correspond to a set of similar speech sounds (such as the velar \k\ of cool and the palatal \k\ of keel) which are perceived to be a single distinctive sound in the language

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