Monday, September 05, 2005

silent syllables

many languages have syllables that are not pronounced. the most obvious one being french (?). what's the significance/uses of a silent syllable? as i understand it, the more combinations there are of a particular set of alphabets, the more meaning the language can express. silent syllables--redundancy--regeneration of language?
pls enlighten me.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

it's called a diphthong? dunno..haha

sangyu said...

hmmm. thought diphthong was a double vowel. donno also.. haha