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Phoneme

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that distinguishes meaning in a language.

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The difference between "pat" and "bat" rests entirely on one phoneme.

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Phoneme boundaries differ by language. Sounds distinguished in one are heard as identical in another.

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