Basic sound unit Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SOUND (noun)
1. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
2. the subjective sensation of hearing something
SOUND (adjective)
1. logically valid
2. having legal efficacy or force
SOUND (verb)
1. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
2. make a certain noise or sound
BASIC (adjective)
1. reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
2. serving as a base or starting point
BASIC (noun)
1. (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
2. a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner’s all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use

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