Why do we have silent letters in the English language?

If so then why it become International language?

I thought it derived from German and Latin. Or so I was told by my English teacher. Interesting...

Because it's actually relatively easy to learn. Kinda how it started in the first place, it was simple enough for the commoners to learn but maintained the complexity of the nobility's common language. It being an international language has also been part of the reason why it has gained so many different moving parts. Simplicity of Germanic grammar with the complexity of Latin word constructs.

It has also evolved quite a lot over time, in similar ways to Mexican Spanish and Spaniard Spanish, where pieces of words have been dropped to make for quicker and easier communication.

@Justlilyg: Old German. So kinda, modern German is quite a different language from Old German. Modern German is not a runic language.

@UndeadPrivateer: The words which we say is not written. And the words we say we don't wright.
Why is it so?

@UndeadPrivateer: "Simplicity of Germanic grammar with the complexity of Latin word constructs." ?? I think it's actually the other way round...

@IDidNotFart: Oh boy, you really don't want to learn Latin grammar. It's completely contextual and intensely confusing, I've still not really managed to wrap my head around the fundamental concepts behind it. Germanic grammar is just very simple and linear, from start of thought to finish. Latin changes depending on what words you're using.

@UndeadPrivateer: I was taught Latin in school and I speak German. Maybe it depends on the person I guess. It's really the other way round for me.😜 Well I don't mean that Germanic grammar is really hard it's just that I've been learning languages with much simpler and simplified grammar.

@IDidNotFart: Sometimes I really think most complicated language is english 😜

@IDidNotFart: I could see that I guess. I find more Latin-based languages to feel backwards, I learned French in school and have since learned a bit of German as well. French feels backwards, German is more linear. Latin itself just confuses the hell out of me. Like, just from my experience in trying to research the linguistic rules behind it, it makes me feel like to get the grammar right you'd need to already know the full sentence you're about to say and that if you made grammatical errors it rendered the entire thing nonsensical. So instead of interrupting your sentence and just repeating the messed up words you'd need to repeat the whole sentence.

Meh, Latin's an extinct language. Might be half the reason it's so confusing. No native speakers.

@Priyeta100: Haha, as a writer, I feel that way all the time. So, so, so many ways to say the same things.

@UndeadPrivateer: Oh hell it's a Muton :o

@UndeadPrivateer: When I was in elementary school I always get confuse in think and thing.
Later I understood its real meaning 😂

@UndeadPrivateer: Hmmmm to be honest im Greek. And to me Latin grammar was a simplified version of Greek grammar (ancient Greek grammar which is sooooo hard to understand even for me sometimes). So that's why I believe it depends on the person and their first language.🙂

@Priyeta100: Really? Of all the languages I've been trying to learn English was the easiest one.

@IDidNotFart: That does make logical sense. Latin [i]is[/i] based on Greek after all. I'm just not a native Greek speaker at all so I don't quite follow. Did you learn Ecclesiastical/Contemporary Latin or some historical form of it?

@IDidNotFart: It always me by its letters, words and to pronounce too

@UndeadPrivateer: Exactly. To be honest Greek grammar makes perfect sense but...I think some rules are unnecessary. Historical form at school. But I was also in a music school and they had to teach us Ecclesiastical Latin...yeah,this is actually weird,it was for the choir. That form looked even more simplified to me but it's probably cause we didn't really learn much,just basic rules and vocabulary.

@IDidNotFart: Ecclesiastical Latin is genuinely quite simplified, at least from what I understand of it, as it's not necessary to keep it quite as precise as it once was when it is largely only used for legal documents and official statements.

That's really neat though. Fun to hear from such a different perspective on the subject.

@UndeadPrivateer: Hmmmmm Yeah,that really makes sense. For us over here ancient Greek and Latin are obligatory subjects in high school. Which is a good thing but I'd prefer to be taught languages that still exist and are spoken by people. I mean we are taught English and French/German/Italian,we can choose between them but still...why not more?

I love learning languages and love talking about languages and different cultures! I've been trying to learn so many languages though that now I get confused when I try to speak,write or type.

@IDidNotFart: On a quest to become a polyglot, I see. Best of luck there, it's quite the pursuit.

Love languages and culture myself, could literally talk about them for days on end. Such boundless fields to explore and so many different ways to look at things.

@UndeadPrivateer: It's true,I'd love to be a polyglot but unfortunately I still have soo much to learn.

Exactly! It's why i love taking my time while traveling. It's not easy to do it anymore...but it's great,to meet new people,learn about their habits and traditions.

@IDidNotFart: One of the wonders of the internet, at least, is you sometimes get little peeks in without needing to do all the world hopping. Though nothing beats face-to-face contact, of course.

You know, that sounds intensely creepy. But you know you what I mean. lol.

@UndeadPrivateer: Hahaha STALKER SPOTTED!
But yeah, I know exactly what you mean. And I've actually met some friends this way and we have even visited each other. It's great! Now I wanna go on a road trip,thank you.

That reminds me of the accent circonflexe in French. Words using that lexical character have a relation to an 's' in another language, such as English. Observe:

côté: [b][u]s[/u][/b]ide
hôpital: ho[b][u]s[/u][/b]pital
forêt: fore[b][u]s[/u][/b]t

Source: high school
Here's a web source: http://www.200words-a-day.com/circumflex-in-french.html