def _syllabifyPhones(phoneList, syllableList):
    '''
    Given a phone list and a syllable list, syllabify the phones
    
    Typically used by findBestSyllabification which first aligns the phoneList
    with a dictionary phoneList and then uses the dictionary syllabification
    to syllabify the input phoneList.
    '''
    
    numPhoneList = [len(syllable) for syllable in syllableList]
    
    start = 0
    syllabifiedList = []
    for end in numPhoneList:
        
        syllable = phoneList[start:start + end]
        syllabifiedList.append(syllable)
        
        start += end
    
    return syllabifiedList
Given a phone list and a syllable list, syllabify the phones
    
    Typically used by findBestSyllabification which first aligns the phoneList
    with a dictionary phoneList and then uses the dictionary syllabification
    to syllabify the input phoneList.