Latin is an almost purely phonetic language. There are no silent letters, and each letter represents a single sound.
拉丁语几乎是纯粹的语音语言，即单词中没有不发音的字母，每个字母都有固定的发音。
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Though ostensibly silent, a handwritten letter from someone we know speaks with the voice-querulous, joking, ardent, tinged with an accent from Padua or bulawayo-of its author.
She was silent for so long that the ash dropped fromher cigarette. She brushed it to the floor. "She hashinted about a letter: poor darling! Medora's hints--""