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noun the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
originEtymology tree English phoneme Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English phonemics From phoneme + -ics.
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