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> In fairness how many languages have letters that are always pronounced the same regardless of context? Finnish does. But the Finnish language only gained a w
by frosted-flakes 4y ago
> In fairness how many languages have letters that are always pronounced the same regardless of context?
Finnish does. But the Finnish language only gained a writing system in common usage relatively recently, in the 1800s.
- euroderf 4y agoWhereas (in comparison) German was saddled with movable type early on, and shows it.