Only French has stored these etymological spellings, which now symbolize /k/ or /ʃ/, /f/, /ʀ/ and /t/, respectively. The sound /h/ was normally lost, except in Romanian. Some Romance languages re-developed /h/, nonetheless, notably Spanish (from /ʃ/, /ʒ/, or /ks/, and spelled as both “j” or soft “g”, also syllable-final Continue Reading