Phonemic orthography

Okay, so you know how we use letters to make words, right? Like the letters B, A, and T make the word bat. But did you know that some languages have different ways of using letters to represent sounds?

In some languages, like Spanish or Italian, each letter usually represents just one sound, which makes it easier to read and spell words. This is called a phonemic orthography, which means that each letter represents a particular sound, or phoneme.

In English, however, things are a bit different. We have more sounds than letters, so sometimes one letter can represent multiple different sounds. For example, the letter C can make the sounds "k" or "s" depending on the word.

So, in summary, a phonemic orthography is a way of spelling words where each letter stands for only one sound. It makes reading and spelling easier because you know exactly how each word should sound based on the letters used.