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English for Guidance by Prof. Adel AlSheikh

Phoneme Identification & Segmentation

A phoneme is a unit of sound in speech. A phoneme doesn't have any inherent
meaning by itself, but when you put phonemes together, they can make words.
Think of when adults try to get a baby to say his or her first word. ... The 'm'
sound, often written as /m/, is an example of a phoneme.

Phonemes are units of speech sounds. Vowels and consonants are phonemes. ...
Speech is normally produced by "shaping" air as we breathe out. This "shaping"
can be produced by using the lips, tongue, teeth, soft palate, and/or larynx.

There are about 44 Phonemes in English. Despite there being just 26 letters in
the English language there are approximately 44 unique sounds, also known
as phonemes. The44 sounds help distinguish one word or meaning from
another. Various letters and letter combinations known as graphemes are used
to represent the sounds.

How many phonemes are in a word?

Rich has 3 phonemes, even though it has 4 letters. The combination ch stands
for the mouth move /ch/ at the beginning of chop. But pitch also has
3 phonemes; you can tell because it rhymes with rich.

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