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What are the phonemes in word homophone?

Here are the phonemes in the word "homophone":

* h /h/ - a voiceless glottal fricative

* o /oʊ/ - a diphthong, starting with a mid-back rounded vowel and moving towards a high-back unrounded vowel

* m /m/ - a bilabial nasal consonant

* ə /ə/ - a mid-central unstressed vowel (the schwa)

* f /f/ - a voiceless labiodental fricative

* o /oʊ/ - same as above

* n /n/ - an alveolar nasal consonant

Therefore, the phonemic transcription of "homophone" is: ˈhoʊ.mə.foʊn

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