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# How to pronounce "numba" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/nʌmbæ/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **num·ba**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- Pronunciation spelling of number

### Example Sentences
- "numbats numbats are special for so many reasons first they are super cute as we've just seen ran away from us like meerkats with"
- "so numbats were regionally extinct from the area of mount gibson so in"

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (14 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "numba" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: AUS*
> "area on mainland australia you know a huge achievement bilbies have been returned stick nest rats returned and today numbats numbats are special for so many reasons first they are super cute as we've just seen ran away from us like meerkats with their tails in the air secondly they're they are an important part of the environment they eat"
- **Watch at 0:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzpvnebajCg&t=18s)

### Example 2
> "about 7800 hectares the largest in western australia so numbats were regionally extinct from the area of mount gibson so in january 2016 we started the number reintroduction program so we source numbers from two other awc sanctuaries and also some"
- **Watch at 1:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks6cooYtr38&t=84s)

### Example 3
*Accent: AUS*
> "And numbats next year and phascogales the next."
- **Watch at 5:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m0HREa-diY&t=335s)

### Example 4
*Accent: AUS*
> "ago and numbats and bilbies and rats and a whole range of different species and cats and foxes are very good predators and the native animals are not used to predation by cats"
- **Watch at 2:59**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m0HREa-diY&t=179s)

### Example 5
*Accent: AUS*
> "great to be here today to release numbax it's a really important project to create the largest feral cat-free"
- **Watch at 0:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzpvnebajCg&t=3s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "in the way that that becomes a space in which numba creates a very ambivalent sense of a post slavery and african-american identity so I thought"
- **Watch at 60:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFxW14h4qm0&t=3624s)

### Example 7
*Accent: AUS*
> "like bilbies and quals and bandicoots and dunnots and bettongs and numbats"
- **Watch at 0:04**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0BKz-T75RE&t=4s)

### Example 8
*Accent: AUS*
> "is that it's a multi-species reintroduction project the numbahad is one of 10 regionally extinct mammals here and the fundamental idea behind the"
- **Watch at 2:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzpvnebajCg&t=130s)

### Example 9
*Accent: AUS*
> "there's probably about eight hundred to a thousand numbers left in the wild numbats are mostly limited to"
- **Watch at 0:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzpvnebajCg&t=46s)

### Example 10
> "defend myself and jump into the bush several separatist groups are active in the region a few kilometers further we observe some of them intimidating local residents as well as people passing through they've threatened us too demanding protection money the village of numbaz often caught between fronts according to a local priest Roland re tells us that pressure from the separatists forced the school here"
- **Watch at 3:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqnFCqqc3RI&t=228s)


## How to Pronounce "numba"

- **Syllables**: num · ba
- **IPA**: `/nʌmbæ/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[nuba](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/nuba), [numa](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/numa), [numb](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/numb), [nub](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/nub), [nubby](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/nubby), [nubia](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/nubia), [nuby](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/nuby), [nucca](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/nucca)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “numba”?
“numba” is pronounced /nʌmbæ/ (num · ba). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “numba”?
“numba” has 2 syllables: num · ba.

### What does “numba” mean?
Pronunciation spelling of number

### How can I hear “numba” used in real sentences?
This page has 14 real-world video examples of “numba” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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