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A phoneme () is a set of similar speech sounds that are perceptually regarded by the speakers of a language as a single basic sound—a smallest possible phonetic unit—that helps distinguish one word from another. All languages contain phonemes (or the spatial–gestural equivalent in sign languages), and all spoken languages include both consonant and vowel phonemes. Phonemes are studied under phonology, a branch of linguistics (a discipline encompassing language, writing, speech and related matters).

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language that speakers recognize as distinct and use to tell words apart—for example, the "p" and "b" sounds that differentiate "pat" from "bat." Understanding phonemes matters because they form the basic building blocks that languages use to create meaning, and linguists study them to understand how all languages organize and use sound.

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