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There are phonetic languages. For example, Hindi and probably most other Indian languages are written phonetically. What you write is what you speak.
by yumraj 6y ago
There are phonetic languages. For example, Hindi and probably most other Indian languages are written phonetically. What you write is what you speak.
- open0 5y agoNot quite. No script, even the IPA, is perfectly phonetic. Natural languages deviate in so many ways over time that this is the only possible eventuality. Language is unconscious and you won't understand how it works until you let go of a lot of false culturally-programmed notions, and then actually study it by engaging with the work of linguists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coarticulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coarticulation For Hindi there are additional phenomena that will alter the sounds of spoken language in certain contexts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhi