The letter 'e' is also silent when used in the final position. At least you can save your breath and saliva and never have a dry thoat. Learning French is fun and you will be able to communicate in more than one country. The French alphabet is the same as the English alphabet. However, pronounciation differs.
Most consonants are unaspirated and there are various rules to pronounciation.
The letter 'h' is always silent and is treated like a vowel when using articles and classifiers. In the French language, accent markings are used to indicate pronounciation of vowels, and sometimes to differentiate between homonyms. The letter 'g' when followed by 'e' and 'i' is pronounced as the French 'j' which is like the s in plea s ure. The French vowels without the accent marks are pronounced as nasal vowels most of the time. Some exceptions do occur.