Re: Silent E

Colin Halverson wrote:

>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??
Carashán has a couple of silent letters. <h> when it stands alone is silent,
e.g. heajo "winter" is pronounced /'jaZo/ or /'EaZo/, and the final -n of
the 3p ending is silent: los caitein "they sing" is /los 'kaIteI/.

Dan