Which is a one distinguishing feature in the english language that is absent in spanish? a. capital and lowercase letters b. consonants and vowels c. long vowels d. combined sounds and silent letters

One distinguishing feature in the English language that absent in Spanish is D. Combined sounds and silent letters.

Spanish is a Romance language from spoken Latin that originated in the Iberian Peninsula during medieval times and is currently spoken mainly in countries of America and the Iberian Peninsula such as:

On the other hand, English is a Germanic language that emerged in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England that is currently the most widely spoken throughout the world and is spoken in countries such as:

These two languages differ in several aspects, one of them is that in English there are combined sounds and silent letters, while in Spanish these features do not exist.

An example of this is:

In Spanish, one example is:

According to the above, the correct answer is D. because this option mentions the differences between the two languages, while the other options focus on other aspects.

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Option D

Explanation: In Spanish we have:

Capital and lowercase letters, the same as in English.

Consonant and vowels, all the letters are the same in both languages.

Long vowels; actually in Spanish all the vowels sound like the names.

The things that you can not find in the Spanish are the combined sounds and silent letters (except for the words starting with H)

while in English you have things like "Loop" that combines two vocals for a new sound, in Spanish you will not find that,

Also in Spanish, each letter has a unique sound to it, so there are no silent letters