The letter h is the only one of our alphabet that has no phonetic value, although in some places in the South of Spain and in Latin America it sucks and is made guttural with more or less intensity. Not without some controversy, it remains for etymological reasons; Thus h carry many Latin words started with f, to the Spanish; the same as the Greek initiated with Member of harsh spirit; also is prepended the h to the diphthongs ua, ue, ui when they begin a syllable or Word; held also in some foreign words seeking it. Examples: iron, hacienda, gall, wound, flour, fungus, Ant, beam, son; was, fig, horse, hippopotamus, hypotenuse, heterogeneous, water, propeller, hecatomb, ahuehuete, marijuana, handicap, Hitler, hobby.
