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  • It's not always "kept", it's sometimes "added" (see doigt). And it's not alway really "silent" either : when 2 or 3 letters compose a digram or trigram, for exemple. Commented Apr 2, 2024 at 7:56
  • Why do you think any ?living language doesn't continue to undergo spelling changes? Colour me skeptical. Commented Apr 6, 2024 at 4:10
  • I speak rather fluently Romanian but I have not study it in school. Afaik there are no silent letters. In fact its pronunciation is the easiest of the languages I know (greek, french, english, roumanian, german). Commented Apr 6, 2024 at 20:17