Rh is a digraph found in some languages. Most words in the English language that begin with this digraph were originally from the Greek language as transliterated through the Latin language. Examples include "rhetoric" and "rhythm". These were pronounced in Ancient Greek with an "h" sound coming just before the "r" sound, though in English this never applied. The word "rhyme", however, is an artefact; originally "rime", the respelling first appeared in the early seventeenth century. (Ancient Greek poetry, as well as that of Latin, did not rhyme; this word is of Old English in origin.) The digraph may also be found within words, but always at the start of a word component, e.g., "polyrhythmic". The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Greek (, IPA: — Hellenic) has a documented history of 3,500 years, the longest of any single language within the Indo-European family. ... Transliteration is the practice of transcribing a word or text written in one writing system into another writing system. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...
German, French, and the auxiliary language Interlingua use rh in the same way. The digraph is also found in the Welsh language where it represents a voicelessalveolar trill (/r̥/), that is a voiceless "r" sound. It can be found anywhere; the most common occurrence in the English language from Welsh is in the slightly respelled given name "Rhonda". Interlingua is an international auxiliary language (IAL) published in 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Phoneticians define phonation as use of the laryngeal system to generate an audible source of acoustic energy, i. ... The alveolar trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages (such as Russian, Spanish, Armenian, and Polish). ...
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