If the Real Academia got rid of the letter 'h' what impact would it have on spelling and pronunciation in Spanish?
Here is an interesting article posted in the New York Times en español this week about this hypothetical possibility.
https://www.nytimes.com/es/2018/03/...nformacion&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=Homepage
In 2010 the RAE eliminated 'ch' and 'll' thus making the official number of letters in the alphabet 27.
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-spanish-alphabet-3078115
The article is about the possibility of eliminating the letter 'h' since it is mute. It is written but not pronounced. Spanish being so phonetic the argument of the author is why is 'h' a letter in such a phonetic language.
Will the question is how much of a long shot is it? What will happen to the meaning of words like ola vs hola. Some people spell hello in Spanish ola when it fact it means wave. These are factors that would have to be considered meaning the impact on homonyms. However, it will help those who are challenged to spell correctly and write ermano when it should be hermano.
¿Qué opinan uds?
-MP.
Here is an interesting article posted in the New York Times en español this week about this hypothetical possibility.
https://www.nytimes.com/es/2018/03/...nformacion&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=Homepage
In 2010 the RAE eliminated 'ch' and 'll' thus making the official number of letters in the alphabet 27.
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-spanish-alphabet-3078115
The article is about the possibility of eliminating the letter 'h' since it is mute. It is written but not pronounced. Spanish being so phonetic the argument of the author is why is 'h' a letter in such a phonetic language.
Will the question is how much of a long shot is it? What will happen to the meaning of words like ola vs hola. Some people spell hello in Spanish ola when it fact it means wave. These are factors that would have to be considered meaning the impact on homonyms. However, it will help those who are challenged to spell correctly and write ermano when it should be hermano.
¿Qué opinan uds?
-MP.