Difference between Phoneme and Syllable
What is the difference between Phoneme and Syllable?
Phoneme as a noun is an indivisible unit of sound in a given language. a phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones. while Syllable as a noun is a unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants; a word consists of one or more syllables.
Phoneme
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
Syllable
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants; a word consists of one or more syllables.The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
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