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[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's basically the same with English always using a hard G for native English words. The complication comes from the fact that English preserves the pronunciation and spelling of loan words and loan words make up something like half of all words in English. The vast majority of words in English that use a soft G are French or Latin loan words, with a few Greek words that had their pronunciation latinized.