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ÿ is a Latin script character composed of the letter Y and the diaeresis diacritical mark. It is used in French and other Romance languages, primarily in formal names, such as the commune of L'Haÿ-les-Roses.

As ÿ rarely appears as the first letter in a name, and all-caps text typically omitted all accents, initially there was assumed to be no need for an uppercase Ÿ when computer character sets such as ISO 8859-1 were designed. However much software assumes that conversion from lower-case to upper-case and then back again is lossless, so Ÿ was added to many character sets, including Unicode (in which every pre-composed Latin character has both an upper- and lower-case version).

ÿ is used as the IJ (digraph) in some languages, such as the Dutch language.

IPA uses ÿ as one of the Closed central rounded vowels, a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

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+'''ÿ''' is a [[Latin script]] character composed of the letter '''[[Y]]''' and the [[Diaeresis (diacritic)|diaeresis]] diacritical mark. It is used in [[French (language)|French]] and other [[Romance language]]s, primarily in formal names, such as the commune of [[L'Haÿ-les-Roses]].
-'''Ÿ''' may refer to:
-* [[Close central rounded vowel#Close central compressed vowel|Closed central rounded vowel]], a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.
-* [[Diaeresis (diacritic)]], a diacritical mark used to indicate the separation of two distinct vowels in adjacent syllables.
-* [[IJ (digraph)]], a [[digraph (orthography)|digraph]] used in some languages, such as the [[Dutch language]].
+As '''ÿ''' rarely appears as the first letter in a name, and all-caps text typically omitted all accents, initially there was assumed to be no need for an uppercase '''Ÿ''' when computer character sets such as [[ISO 8859-1]] were designed. However much software assumes that conversion from lower-case to upper-case and then back again is lossless, so '''Ÿ''' was added to many character sets, including [[Unicode]] (in which every pre-composed Latin character has both an upper- and lower-case version).
-{{disambiguation}}
+'''ÿ''' is used as the [[IJ (digraph)]] in some languages, such as the [[Dutch language]].
+[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] uses '''ÿ''' as one of the [[close central rounded vowel#Close central compressed vowel|Closed central rounded vowel]]s, a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.