how to pronounce людьми

/lʲʉdʲˈmʲi/

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людьми is pronounced in two syllables

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lʲ

dʲ

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mʲ

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An example use of людьми in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… но и наверное с людьми у которых большой …”

meanings of людьми

noun:

Instrumental of лю́ди (ljúdi).
Instrumental plural of челове́к (čelovék).

людьми frequency in russian - A2 level of CEFR

the word людьми occurs in russian on average 95 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.