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Basic Linguistic Unit Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "PHONEME" which means:
- noun
- • (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
An example sentence would be:
- • "In english, the 's' sound is a phoneme that distinguishes words like 'sit' and 'kiss'."
- • "The phoneme 'ch' is represented by different letters in english words like 'chip' and 'machine'."
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New York Times13 Oct 2016 | Down 3 | |
New York Times09 Oct 1993 | Down 36 | |
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