What does phoneme mean?
A distinct unit of sound in a language, especially one that cannot be further divided into smaller sounds. In phonetics, a phoneme is a speech sound or a group of sounds that distinguish one word from another.
Example
"The phoneme /p/ is a stop consonant that is pronounced with the lips."
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