How to pronounce kumbaya

Listen to kumbaya in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“kumbaya” in real sentences

71 clips in the index · 6 American · 4 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. holding hands, and picking flowers together, and singing kumbaya.

    CrashCourse · hear it here

  2. kumbaya um tolerant poetry spouting kind of a multicultural society.

    The Atlantic · hear it here

  3. this fellow is just singing some mineral kumbaya in la la land.

    TED · hear it here

  4. in the sky um hippie dippy John Lennon holding hands kumbaya type of thing.

    The 92nd Street Y · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of kumbaya. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.

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