Re: Silent E

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Do any other languages (I am sure there are at least a few) have a silent
>letter or especially a silent modifying letter (as in English "ate", the
>e is
> silent and makes the a long)???  Where does this come from??  Do any of
>ur
>conlangs have this??
"Silent e" is a quirk of the orthography, which was frozen at a time when
final e was still being pronounced. None of my conlangs have quirks like
that (although, s in front of stops becomes /S/)
>
>
>On a side note, is Welsh a Celtic language, a Germanic language or like
>English?  or what?  Does Welsh or Celtic or Ire (or whatever you call that
>Irish language) use the silent e?
Wels is a celtic language. I dont think it has the "silent e". I havent
really studied it though.


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