Assertion: letter | /r/HasProperty | silent
Facets:
value: almost always
type: DEGREE
value: in most dialects
type: LOCATION
value: at the beginning of words
type: TEMPORAL
value: between vowels
type: LOCATION
value: except in the digraphs
type: OTHER
value: as in hvad
type: LOCATION
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: for not others
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for some speakers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Since accent and pronunciation differ, letters may be silent for some speakers, but not others.
text: The letter ⟨h⟩ is silent in most dialects if followed by ⟨v⟩, as in hvad (‘what’), hvem (‘who’), hvor (‘where’).
text: The letter edd ⟨ð⟩ is almost always silent.
text: The letter ge ⟨g⟩ (i.e. continuant of Old Norse [ɣ]) is usually silent between vowels or when following a vowel before a pause (e.g. dagur 'day' [ˈd̥ɛavʊɹ]
text: In most dialects, the letter ⟨h⟩ is almost always silent, except in the digraphs ⟨ch⟩ and ⟨ph⟩.
text: The letter ⟨h⟩ is also silent at the beginning of words borrowed from other languages, such as hotel.
text: For example, the letter Gh or γ (ᠭ) is silent if it is between two of the same vowel letters.
text: In the middle of the word, the letter represents either a glottal stop between vowels (but West Syriac pronunciation often makes it a palatal approximant), a long i/e (less commonly o/a) or is silent.