Why is f written PH?

In Classical Greek this was pronounced as an aspirated [pʰ], which the Latins wrote as ph when they borrowed the words from Greek. Later this sound changed into an [f] in both Greek and Latin, and was passed as such into French, and then into English.

When did PH become F?

In the 1950s the words having a lack of pronunciation difference between the PH and the F spelling led to a change in the Dutch orthographic rules: ‘philosophie’ changed into ‘filosofie’.

How do you pronounce the f sound?

How to pronounce the ‘f sound’ /f/ The ‘f sound’ /f/ is unvoiced (the vocal cords do not vibrate during its production), and is the counterpart to the voiced ‘v sound’ /v/. To create the /f/, the jaw is held nearly closed. The upper backside of the bottom lip is pressed very lightly into the bottom of the top teeth.

Why is GH pronounced like f?

Early scribes had to adapt the Roman alphabet to English, and since Latin didn’t have the /x/ sound, they used “h” or a non-Roman character called a yogh (ȝ). Eventually, during the Middle English period, they settled on “gh.” The sound turned into /f/ or was dropped entirely.

What is the difference between F and PH?

The difference is purely etymological; some words have an ‘f’ while others have ‘ph’ for the same sound /f/ in the IPA. A new word will most likely have an ‘f’ to represent the sound unless it is made from an older word containing ‘ph’.

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What is it called when ph sounds like f?

Greek Phi was once pronounced as a hard “P” in Ancient Greek. So, Latin inscriptions wrote it as “PH” to show that it’s a P sound, but with more air with H. As Greek changed, so did the Greek based English words. In Modern Greek, Phi is pronounced as “F”, and no longer like “PH”/a hard P.