Complex sentence: Because the name of the letter "jay" may be confusing when used to refer to this sound, the palatal approximant is sometimes called "yod" instead, as in the phonological history terms "yod"-dropping and "yod"-coalescence.
Split into simpler sentences: Because the name of the letter "jay" may be confusing when used to refer to this sound, the palatal approximant is sometimes called "yod" instead. In linguistics, the palatal approximant is sometimes called after the Semitic letter yod, as in the phonological history terms "yod"-dropping and "yod"-coalescence.