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Within Phonetics , a phone is
  • a speech sound or gesture considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the Phonology of a Language .

  • a speech Segment that possess distinct physical or perceptual properties.

  • a particular occurrence of a speech segment.

  • the basic unit revealed via phonetic speech analysis.


Phonetic symbology is set off within Brackets .

The word originates from Greek ''φωνή'', meaning "sound" and also "voice". For many if not most linguists, terms such as ''phone'' and ''pronunciation'' apply equally to oral and Sign Language .

The term ''phone'' is not as common as its phonological equivalent, the Phoneme . Depending on the author, terms such as Allophone and Speech Sound may be used instead.


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