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Newfoundlander’s are a little different! For sure their speech i can say is not like most of the rest of Canada. 
I think if you look at align and always is a better example.
it’s like aa…line
and all …ways
So my point is; what is the significance of “g” in the spelling of align ?
Anyway I’m just dumb coffee drinking donut eating, maple syrup pancake eater! 
I can’t really answer that like i say I’m not the expert as to why. I just know how it’s pronounced. The g is silent or not pronounced like it is in other words such a good or go or gone as an example.
Edit: So align or alignment or aligned is all in the same realm.
You do realize that you currently have an internet connection, giving you access to amazing amounts of information in seconds?
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Then I think we need to settle with :
"It is the mark of an instructed mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the
nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness when only an approximation of the
truth is possible."
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Obviously there is an explanation as to why. I’m just not qualified to answer it as i don’t have the knowledge,training, expertise, background, schooling or degree or specialized field of training in that area of language or linguistics or speech pathology etc.
Edit: If i was a trained and certified English teacher even. Then i might be able to know the why’s and such.
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I had also searched like that before keeping my point. Those articles emphasis on historical nature of the language. As a Science student, I don’t focus on history, rather on ideas which brought the change.
Also, here is one of the reason :
The "g " has become a silent letter over the centuries, but is kept because keeping the spelling as it is helps understanding of the word and avoids it becoming confused with other words.
**So, the question is what is the point for bringing this change, and why one will get confused with other words while speaking. **
Practically, confusion arises when we write the words, as there appears to be similar words; but when speaking, getting confused is not the accurate concept.
And if they are making you confused while speaking, then what role does “g” play in confusing you ?
Without the g it is not a word. 
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The question is not about existence, rather it is about application.
To write align without ‘g’ , we can go with direct derivation w.r.t speaking, i.e. rather than writing align, we can write uhline.
Break 'align' down into sounds: **[UH] + [LYN]** - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
This is idea of pronunciation from web.
So logically align can be written as uhlyn. This also gives same feeling when pronounced…
Oh, my dog!!! 
You should hear me trying to say ah-li-g-n, I didn’t know that g is silent.
That gn in romance languages is ñ and has no equivalence in english, now it makes sense.
Aline is a name… and a french song
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As Gerwoman I’d pronounce it like oolünn. 
Why taking aline, rather than uhlyn. Try to pronounce the later one, and compare the result with original pronunciation. You will feel same while speaking.
And if you don’t like this word, then think about with sign and signature.
These methods are adopted by following ideas of English Phonotactics.
But again, what is the point for these facts.
It’s like debt being spelled with a b. 
All these words assign, benign, consign, deign, design, ensign, malign, reign, sign.
Edit: But in Frog we pronounce the g! 
Edit: I know it gets a little Froggy!
