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English for Tourism & Hospitality by Prof. Adel AlSheikh 2020/2021
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?

45