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Hungarian is probably one of the shallowest languages — it is almost exactly phonetic except for j and ly, which are pronounced identically so the specific spel
by jiggawatts 3y ago
Hungarian is probably one of the shallowest languages — it is almost exactly phonetic except for j and ly, which are pronounced identically so the specific spelling must be memorised.
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoHungarian has other irregularities. For example, színház ‘theatre’ is written with a long i, but it is pronounced short. Also surnames being spelled in a variety of ways but pronounced the same, e.g. Veress versus Vörös, or with pre-modern orthography like Széchenyi or Bereczki. I vaguely recall some instances where fel- was alternatively spelled föl- well into the twentieth century.
- jiggawatts 3y agoSure, but compare that with English, where there are more words are exceptions than follow the rules.