Phonemes are:
A) the basic sounds of a language
B) the smallest units of language that have meaning
C) equivalent to syllables
D) sounds that are similar across various languages

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Phonemes are the individual sounds that make up a language. They are the basic building blocks of language and can change the meaning of a word. For example, the words "cat" and "bat" differ by only one phoneme (/k/ and /b/).

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