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Why are there multiple ways for expressing the same sound?
In English, for example, you can say "axe" or "aks," or when "c" sounds like "s" like in "face."
This phenomenon exists in many different languages. Is it just the evolution of pronunciation of certain letters that once had different so...
I have just learned that the suffix "escu" in a Romanian name means "son of." But it seems that the "u" is a common ending in all Romanian words. Does that one letter have a meaning?
Why are there multiple ways for expressing the same sound?
In English, for example, you can say "axe" or "aks," or when "c" sounds like "s" like in "face."
This phenomenon exists in many different languages. Is it just the evolution of pronunciation of certain letters that once had different so...
I have just learned that the suffix "escu" in a Romanian name means "son of." But it seems that the "u" is a common ending in all Romanian words. Does that one letter have a meaning?
lɪŋˈgwɪstɪks
lɪŋˈgwɪstɪks