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I'm not aware of "j" being read as "y". So I guess, yea, "j" as in John.

• tremon 10y ago
  Maybe I'm just relying too much on IPA conventions :) "j" is a silent consonant in all Roman and Germanic languages (i.e. most of mainland Europe). It's only in English that "y" has taken over that role (otherwise, "y" is a vowel -- like in English words ending in -ey). The symbol "j" has that same silent role in IPA, that's why I was confused: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximant_consonant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximant_consonant