History
Until the nineteenth century, the ſ or long s was also used for words in the Dutch language, but was then replaced with the regular s. The ligature æ was sometimes used (for example in the name Æneas Mackay), but today the letters a and e would replace this letter.
Currently the 26 letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet are used:
- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The digraph ⟨IJ⟩ behaves like a separate letter for capitalisation. In alphabetically ordered lists, ⟨IJ⟩ may intermix with ⟨Y⟩ (usual for telephone directories) or come between ⟨ii⟩ and ⟨ik⟩ (common in dictionaries). The letter ⟨E⟩ is the most frequently used letter in the Dutch alphabet, usually representing a schwa sound. The least frequently used letters are ⟨Q⟩ and ⟨X⟩.
Read more about this topic: Dutch Alphabet
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