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    What is a phoneme?

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    a letter of the alphabet
    The smallest unit of sound that can distinguish meaning in a languageCorrect
    a type of accent
    A monosyllabic word

    A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can change the meaning of a word in a specific language. For example, in Spanish /p/ and /b/ are different phonemes because they change meaning in pairs like 'peso/kiss'.