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Latin alphabet
With	B	C	D	E	F	G
H	I	J	K	L	M	N
O	P	Q	R	S	T	U
V	W	X	Y	Z
Diacritic
Å	?	Ø
Digraphs
CH	?	?	?	?	LL	?
Additional letters
Æ	?	?	Ð	?	?	?
?	?	?	?	?	?	?
?	?	?	?	?	ss	?
?	Þ	?

? (tiny ?) is one digraph and one binding used in Dutch.

Linguistics

? is used to represent diphthong Dutch [ E? ] or [??]. When it is not accentuated, ? decides like one schwa. It sometimes is called "? length ", in opposition to "? short "noted I.E.(internal excitation) and in the same way marked in the majority of the Dutch dialects.

At the beginning of a sentence or a proper name, the J of? is written in capital: IJssel, IJmuiden.

Alphabetical classification

Nowadays, ? is classified like the letter Y; moreover, ? replace sometimes Y: in Dutch, Y appears only in antiquated forms and is called Griekse? ("I Greek", loan with French).

History

? probably developed from II, representing an I long. Ajourd' today, ? is pronounced like I.E.(internal excitation), except for the suffix - l?k, or it is pronounced like one schwa.

Data-processing representation

The digraph? have the representations Unicode following:

Capital? : U+0132 ;
Tiny? : U+0133.

See too

Additional letters of the Latin alphabet

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