Help! What's a syllable!

Hello File Leech, welcome to English Forums,

I would say that a syllable is a word or a part of a word that consists of one vowel or diphthong sound, with 0–5 consonant sounds on each side.

e.g.

help: 1 vowel sound = 1 syllable

what's: 1 vowel sound = 1 syllable

a: 1 vowel sound = 1 syllable

syllable = 3 vowel sounds [y, a, e] = 3 syllables

Don't forget to ignore any silent vowels.

You can find out how many syllables there are by looking the word up in a dictionary. Each dictionary has its own method of showing syllables, which will be explained at the front. For instance, Merriam-Webster online puts dots between the syllables, like this:

syl·la·ble

Count the dots and add one, and you have the number of syllables.

MrP
Edit: apologies for the earlier inadvertent emoticons.

hey ,i do need to know about the same thing he/she asked ,whats the syllable ?! whats the minimal sylable ?! we do need an answer

OK, The syllable is the consisting of a center which has little or no obstruction to the air flow, you shoul see phonetics and phonology from Peter Roach..
U can tell the number of syllables when u find obstruction to the air flow, example:
this is a minimum Sylable; are /a:/
you see , no obstruction.
now see this: cookie; /kuki/ you see KU and then an obstruction to say Ki ,, there are 2 syllables... don't worry I´m studying that too, but I'm from Colombia