What is Phoneme with Indonesian Example

Phoneme is a basic of language phonology which is combined with other form meaningful units such as words or morphemes. It’s the smallest unit of sound that distinguishes one word from another. Since sounds cannot be written, we use letters to represent or stand for the sounds For example: /m/ for mat   /b/ for bat

Part of Phoneme

Organ of Speech

Example of Phoneme in English and Indonesian

No.	Kind of Phoneme				Example in English	Example in Indonesian
1.	Continuant	Vowels Front		/i/	: it,wish,rib,rip.	Sisir,kursi
				/l/	: Let,pullet.	Singlet,lele
				/e/	: End,pet,fell	Evolusi,elang
		Vowels Mid	/R/		: Raw,red,try	Gerigi,rimbun,rusak
			/x/		: fox	-
			/A/		: but,crush,cup	Dimana,kapan
		Vowels back	/u/		: put,cuba	Kurus,lurus
			/o/		: octopus,okay	Lorong,makro
			/a/		: apple,aisle,sat	Kerupuk
		Consonant -Fricatives Voiced	/d/		: dill,lid,older	Damai,dakwah
			/z/		: zoo,fuzzy,dizzy	Zebra,zabur
		-Fricatives Unvoiced	/f/		: fun,muff,iffy	Fabel,firma,fajar
			/s/		: pass,first	Kamus,lusa
		Whisper	/h/		: hit,how,where	Hantu,hijab
		Affricates	/J/		: jet,budget	Jalan,jumpa
		Nasals	/m/		: me,rum,timer	Musik,music
			/n/		: no,funny	Nakal,nikmat
2.	Non-continuant	dithong	/ai/		: Try,I,High	Cintai,melerai
			/ei/		: Mey,day,they	Mei
			/oi/		: boy,coy	Koboi,oi!
			/aU/		: How,now,snow	Walaupun,kalau
			/ou/		: window,blow	-
		Semi-vowel -liquid	/r/		: run,pert,north	Perumahan,anggaran
		-glides	/y/		: yet,young	Saya, dirinya
			/w/		: win,wash	Wartawan
		Plaves -voiced	/b/		: Boy,brush	Berubah,butuh
			/d/		: dill, down	Damai,dengan
			/g/		: get,	Gulai,gurindam
		-unvoiced	/p/		: pet,pro,pass	Pantai
			/t/		: the,then	Tempat,tendang
			/k/		: cake,check	Kuliah,kerja