eli5: Why do certain languages that don’t use the Roman alphabet have silent letters when they are transliterated? The most commonly used one would probably be “tsunami”

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eli5: Why do certain languages that don’t use the Roman alphabet have silent letters when they are transliterated? The most commonly used one would probably be “tsunami”

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The “t” in “tsunami” is intended to be pronounced in English, but not all English speakers pronounce it. I’ve always pronounced it, myself.