_____ is the smallest distinctive unit of sound in the sound system of a language.
AMorpheme
BAllophone
CPhoneme
DVowels
Answer:
C. Phoneme
Read Explanation:
A phoneme is the smallest distinctive unit of sound in the sound system of a language. It is the minimal sound unit that can differentiate meaning between words. For example, /p/ and /b/ in pat and bat are two different phonemes because they distinguish two words with different meanings.
