The proper nouns and Latin words are pronounced as the palatal approximant , while words borrowed from foreign languages tend to follow that language's pronunciation of . Until the 19th century,  was used instead of  in diphthongs, as a replacement for final -ii, and in vowel groups (as in Savoja); this rule was quite strict in official writing. is also used to render  in dialectal spelling, e.g.
Proper nouns and Latin words are pronounced with the palatal approximant , whereas foreign language borrowings typically adhere to their original pronunciation of . Until the 19th century, was employed instead of in diphthongs, as a substitute for final -ii, and in vowel groups (like Savoja). This rule was particularly strict in official writing. is also used in dialectal spelling to represent , such as.