Editing IJ (digraph) (section)

===Netherlands===
In the Netherlands, ''IJ'' is often used as a ligature:

* In Dutch primary schools, ''ij'' used to be taught as being the 25th letter of the alphabet, and some primary school writing materials still list it as such. However, ''ij'' is according to Onze Taal not part of the Dutch alphabet and is usually sorted under the ''i'' as it is considered to consist of two letters.<ref name="IJ in alphabet Onze Taal"/>
* When a word starting with ''IJ'' is capitalised, the entire digraph is capitalised: {{Lang|nl|[[IJsselmeer]]}}, {{Lang|nl|[[IJmuiden]]}}.<ref name="IJ in alphabet Onze Taal"/>
* On mechanical Dutch typewriters, there is a key that produces 'ij' (in a single letterspace, located directly to the right of the ''L''). However, this is not the case on modern computer keyboards.
* In many word puzzles, such as [[Lingo (Dutch game show)|Lingo]], ''ij'' fills one square, but in others, such as [[Scrabble]], ''ij'' fills two squares.