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Re:What is the significance of the character "j" at the end ... by gumby on Sunday July 21, 2024 @09:36AM (#41024990)
It doesn’t undergo the phonetic process of umlaut, Don, and as it’s a vowel the two dots are more like a simple diaeresis.

It is used in that way in French too.

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Re:What is the significance of the character "j" at the end ... by gpvos on Sunday July 21, 2024 @04:01PM (#41027684)
It is neither umlaut nor diaeresis, but just an i and a j with each their own dot smushed together into a ligature, which can take either the form of a y with both those dots on top, or a more rounded form that more resembles an i and j joined together.

I guess in other languages than Dutch it could be a y with a diaeresis or umlaut.

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Re:What is the significance of the character "j" at the end ... by DonHopkins on Sunday July 21, 2024 @11:57PM (#41030815)
Verbal diaeresis?
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