The word "barbanus" is spelled with two syllables, starting with the stressed "barb" sound, followed by the unstressed "a-nus" sound. The "b" and "a" sounds are pronounced together, forming a voiced bilabial plosive /b/ and a short vowel /æ/. Then, the unstressed "a" is pronounced as a short schwa /ə/ sound, followed by the "n" sound, pronounced as a nasalized alveolar /ñ/. Finally, the last syllable ends with an unstressed "us" sound, which is pronounced as a short /ʌs/.