Interestingly enough English was phonemic during the Middle English stage (11th - 15th century) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonemic_orthography https://en.w

Interestingly enough English was phonemic during the Middle English stage (11th - 15th century) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonemic_orthography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonemic_orthography