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9th letter of the Latin alphabet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with the Cyrillic letter Palochka (Ӏ) or Dotted І (І).
This article is about the Latin/Roman letter. For the English word, see I (pronoun). For the number, see Imaginary unit. For the calendar year, see AD 1. For other uses, see I (disambiguation).
For technical reasons, "ı" redirects here. For that letter, see Dotless I.
I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is i (pronounced /ˈaɪ/), plural ies.[1][better source needed]
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Usage | |
Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Latin language |
Phonetic usage | [i] [iː] [ɨ] [j] [ɪ] [ɯ] /aɪ/ (English variations) |
Unicode codepoint | U+0049, U+0069 |
Alphabetical position | 9 |
History | |
Development | |
Time period | ~-700 to present |
Descendants | • Î • J • Ɉ • İ ı • Tittle • ꟾ • ꟷ • ᛁ • ᴉ |
Sisters | І י ي ܝ ی ࠉ 𐎊 ዪ Ⴢ ⴢ ჲ ☞ ☚ |
Other | |
Other letters commonly used with | i(x), ij, i(x)(y) |
Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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