Silent e making C and G soft when after it
Silent E
Pronouncing C
Pronouncing G
In addition to indicating that a preceding vowel is a long vowel, a silent ⟨e⟩ when it immediately follows a ⟨c⟩ or ⟨g⟩ also indicates that the ⟨c⟩ is a soft ⟨c⟩ and the ⟨g⟩ is a soft ⟨g⟩. For example:
Măc > mācɇ
stăg > stāgɇ
- Change
How to prevent silent e making c and g soft - ue buffer (Plague)
If you write plage - g will soften and will sound like dz.
To prevent that from happening, we add a buffer U between the C and the E.
Plague -> G is not just before E now, so it is pronounced as Hard G.