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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
by gumby 2y ago
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.
- gpvos 2y agoIt 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.
- DonHopkins 2y agoVerbal diaeresis?