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Il fonema
A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another. It's an abstract concept, not a physical sound. For example, /p/ and /b/ are phonemes in English because 'pat' and 'bat' are different words.
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Ogni lingua ha i suoi fonemi distintivi.
Every language has its distinctive phonemes.
La differenza tra p e b è un fonema.
The difference between /p/ and /b/ is a phoneme.
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