Editing Yodh (section)

===Yiddish===

In [[Yiddish]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Weinreich|first=Uriel|date=1992|title=College Yiddish|location=New York|publisher=[[YIVO]] Institute for Jewish Research|pages=27–8|author-link = Uriel Weinreich}}</ref> the letter yod is used for several orthographic purposes in native words:
* Alone, a single yod {{lang|yi|rtl=yes|י}} may represent the vowel {{IPAblink|i}} or the consonant {{IPAblink|j}}. When adjacent to another vowel, or another yod, {{IPAblink|i}} may be distinguished from {{IPAblink|j}} by the addition of a dot below. Thus the word ''Yidish'' 'Yiddish' is spelled {{lang|yi|rtl=yes|ייִדיש}}. The first yod represents [{{IPA|j}}]; the second yod represents [{{IPA|i}}] and is distinguished from the adjacent [{{IPA|j}}] by a dot; the third yod represents [{{IPA|i}}] as well, but no dot is necessary.
* The [[digraph (orthography)|digraph]] {{lang|yi|rtl=yes|יי}}, consisting of two yods, represents the diphthong [{{IPA|ej}}].
* A pair of yods with a horizontal line (''[[patach|pasekh]]'') under them, {{lang|yi|rtl=yes|ײַ}}, represents the diphthong [{{IPA|aj}}] in standard Yiddish.
* The digraph consisting of a [[Waw (letter)|vov]] followed by a yod, {{lang|yi|rtl=yes|וי}}, represents the diphthong [{{IPA|oj}}].

In traditional and [[YIVO]] [[Yiddish orthography]], [[loanword]]s from Hebrew or Aramaic ("[[Lashon Hakodesh|loshn koydesh]]") are spelled as they are in their language of origin. In the [[Soviet]] orthography, they are written phonetically like other Yiddish words.