Each letter or short combination of letters in a language that forms a unit of sound is known as a

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language that distinguishes one word from another. For example, the /p/ sound in "pat" and the /b/ sound in "bat" are different phonemes because they create different words with different meanings. Basic unit and syntax do not refer specifically to units of sound in language, and a morpheme is a unit of meaning, not sound.

Each Letter or Short Combination of Letters in a Language