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I with ogonek
Į į
Usage
Writing system Latin script
Typealphabetic
Phonetic usage[iː], [ĩ]
Unicode codepointU+012E, U+012F
History
Development
  • Į į
Other
Writing directionLeft-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.

I with ogonek ( majuscule: Į, minuscule: į) is a letter of the Latin alphabet formed by addition of the ogonek to the letter I. It is used in Lithuanian, [1] Western Apache, Chipewyan, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Muscogee, Dadibi, Dalecarlian, Gwichʼin, Hän, Iñapari, Kaska, Navajo, Sierra Otomi, Sekani, Tagish, Tlingit, Tutchone, Winnebago, Assiniboine, Mandan, Osage, Tutelo, Catawba, and Ixtlán Zapotec.

Usage

In Lithuanian, it is the 14th letter of the alphabet, and is pronounced as long close front unrounded vowel ([iː]). In the past, the letter was used to denote the nasalized close front unrounded vowel ([ĩ]). Currently, it appears in the words that used to be nasalized in the past, for example in įkalnė, which means uphill. [1]

⟨Į⟩ was also used in the Latin alphabet of the Khakas language between 1929-1939, representing the sound /ɘ/. The current Cyrillic alphabet uses the dotted I for the same sound.

The letter also appears in various Indigenous languages of North America, which are: Western Apache, Chipewyan, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Muscogee, Dadibi, Dalecarlian, Gwichʼin, Hän, Iñapari, Kaska, Navajo, Sierra Otomi, Sekani, Tagish, Tlingit, Tutchone, Winnebago, Assiniboine, Mandan, Osage, Tutelo, Catawba, and Ixtlán Zapotec. In most of them, the letter represent the nasalized close front unrounded vowel ([ĩ]).

Encoding

Character information
Preview Į į
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH OGONEK LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH OGONEK
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 302 U+012E 303 U+012F
UTF-8 196 174 C4 AE 196 175 C4 AF
Numeric character reference Į Į į į
Named character reference Į į

References

  1. ^ a b "Wymowa". lietpol.eu (in Polish).