以泰米尔语为例，该种语言含有200多个字母，每个字母代表一个音节。

Tamil, for example, has more than 200 characters, each of which represents a syllable.

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其他语言中，比如法语或者意大利语，每个音节都是同等重要的，他们也有重音，但是每个音节的长度是固定的。

In other languages, such as French or Italian, each syllable receives equal importance (there is stress, but each syllable has its own length).

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语速最慢的汉语普通话有大约2000个音节，比日语和西班牙语多得多。有四个音调也是普通话语速慢的部分原因。

The "slowest" language, Mandarin, partly thanks to the four tones, has around 2000 possible syllables, far more than Japanese or Spanish.

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