mand ('a man') and blind ('blind'). Many words ending in are pronounced with a stød, but it is still considered a silent letter.

Faroese

The Faroese language has two silent letters.

The letter edd is almost always silent. It is rendered in orthography for historical reasons (e.g., faðir 'father' , cf. Old Norse faðir). In some cases, however, the letter edd is pronounced , as

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