The pronunciation of “Qatar” is a no-brainer for Arabic speakers and speakers of similar languages. But it’s one tricky letter after another for English speakers.

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The English language is notorious for its use of silent letters. In fact, about 60 percent of English words contain a silent letter. But these often distressing words weren’t intended to be so ...

Silent letters appear in many commonly used words. For example, the ‘K’ is missing from the pronunciation of words like knife, knee, knock, knowledge, and more.

The pronunciation of “Qatar” is a no-brainer for Arabic speakers and speakers of similar languages. But it’s one tricky letter after another for English speakers.

We can also pronounce the letter 't' as a glottal stop - /ʔ/. Some people do this in between vowel sounds, like in 'city' /sɪʔɪ/ and 'writing' /raɪʔɪŋ/.

The pronunciation of “Qatar” is a no-brainer for Arabic speakers and speakers of similar languages. But it’s one tricky letter after another for English speakers.