Re: Digraphic letters (was: Dutch "ij")

Ray Brown wrote:

> Welsh also treats "ch" and "ll" as single letters.
[...]
> Welsh also counts the following as single letters:
> dd
> ff
> ng /N/ [placed between {g} and {h}
> ph
> rh
> th
I think it's worth remembering that the English word "letter" can only
be literally translated into languages where one letter = one character.
The words for letter in languages without this equivalence are not
truly equivalent to the English word.

Adrian.

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