On Wed, 19 Oct 2011, Michael Everson wrote: >> What is specifically Yiddish about these digraphs? > > They are used in Yiddish orthography.
With digraphs: http://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EE%F9%E4_%EC%D6%E1_%F8%E0%E1%E9%F0%E0%D4%E9%E8%F9 Without digraphs: http://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EE%F9%E4_%EC%E9%E9%E1_%F8%E0%E1%E9%F0%E0%E5%E5%E9%E8%F9

