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Silent letter

This article is about a feature in alphabetic writing systems. For the album by America, see Silent Letter.
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

In an alphabetic writing system, a silent letter is a letter that, in a particular word, does not correspond to any sound in the word's pronunciation. In linguistics, a silent letter is often symbolised with a null sign U+2205 ∅ EMPTY SET, which resembles the Scandinavian letter Ø. A null or zero is an unpronounced or unwritten segment.


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حرف معدول Arabic Lletra muda Catalan Stumt bogstav Danish Silenta litero EO Letra muda Spanish Lettre muette French Stomme letter FY אות שותקת HE 黙字 Japanese 묵음 Korean

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