I think you could find the similar problems with many languages (for example, my native Czech has a unique sound that&#x27;s quite difficult to learn, and all the different declensions and conjugations will make your head spin).<p>But I also take the issue with: &quot;Spelling is a matter of writing, of course, whereas language is fundamentally about speaking.&quot; I think with English it&#x27;s not the case, English is like modern Latin, more people write&#x2F;read in English than those who speak it.