Question

Why don't we pronounce t in tsunami?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Tsunami is a loanword from Japanese, where the word is "harbor wave", roughly pronounced Tsunami. However, in English, we don't have the 'tsu' sound (Americans can't say the sound well), so we just go with 's' instead.

Answer 2

Answer:

Tsunami is a loanword from Japanese, where the word is "harbor wave", roughly pronounced Tsunami. However, in English, we don't have the 'tsu' sound (Americans can't say the sound well), so we just go with 's' instead.

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