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g at the end of a syllable has nearly the same sound as if ch. Formerly g was much more used than ch, but a new system has been introduced, according to which g before t has been generally supplanted by ch. Thus the adj. licht (easy) was spelt ligt, to distinguish it from the subst. or adjective licht, (light). Now both words are written with the ch and so with all other words formerly spelling with gt.
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Hoogvliet, J.M. (1891). On Spelling. In: Elements Dutch Grammar. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6224-3_6
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