Editing IJ (digraph) (section)

===Official status===
Both the [[Dutch Language Union]] and the {{lang|nl|[[Genootschap Onze Taal]]|italic=no}} consider the ''ij'' to be a digraph of the letters ''i'' and ''j''.<ref name="IJ in alphabet Taalunie">{{cite web |title=IJ - alfabetiseren |url=http://taaladvies.net/taal/advies/vraag/1194/ij_alfabetiseren |access-date=3 January 2015 |work=Nederlandse Taalunie |language=nl}}</ref><ref name="IJ in alphabet Onze Taal"/> The descriptive dictionary ''[[Van Dale|Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal]]'' states that ''ij'' is a "letter combination consisting of the signs i and j, used, in some words, to represent the diphthong ɛi."<ref name="dikkevandale">''Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal'': "lettercombinatie bestaande uit de tekens i en j, gebruikt om, in een aantal woorden, de tweeklank ɛi weer te geven"</ref> The ''[[Winkler Prins]]'' encyclopedia states that ''ij'' is the 25th letter of the Dutch alphabet, placed between ''X'' and ''Y''. 
However, this definition is not generally accepted.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}

In words where ''i'' and ''j'' are in different syllables, they [[#Not as a digraph|do not]] form the digraph ''ij''. In [[compound (linguistics)|compound words]], a [[hyphen]] is added, as in ''gummi-jas''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=7.1 Welke klinkers botsen? {{!}} woordenlijst |url=https://woordenlijst.org/leidraad/7/1 |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=woordenlijst.org}}</ref>