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Why do both english and arabic language use silent letters for instance ,in these two words,right-and الشمس?

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Question added by Isam Musa , معلم , وزارة التربية اليمنية
Date Posted: 2013/11/04
Hamza M Babiker
by Hamza M Babiker , Senior Translator, editor, content writer and media specialist , Freelancer

I do not see any reason for silent letters in English except for differentiating between words like "write" and "right". For Arabic, there are no silent letters. Actually the first letter in names like  الشمس والنور is verbally repeated. The rule is only because of the difficulty to pronounce  ال when combined with certain letters: ( ت، ث ،س ،ش، ض، ط، ط" ر، ز ، د، ن

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