How many syllables in tongues?

There are 2 syllables in the word tongues.

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Definition of tongues:

tongues (noun):: a language, dialect, or idiom; a fleshy movable muscular process of the floor of the mouths of most vertebrates that bears sensory end organs and small glands and functions especially in taking and swallowing food and in humans as a speech organ

Synonyms for tongues:

argot

clapper

dialect

dialects

glossa

idiom

idioms

knife

language

languages

lingo

lingoes

lingos

lingua

mother tongues

natural language

parlance

patois

speech

speeches

spit

talk

tongue

vernacular

vernaculars

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Antonyms for tongues:

listenings

quiets

silence

standards

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