Near-close near-front unrounded vowel
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| Edit - 2× | Front | N.-front | Central | N.-back | Back |
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
| IPA – number | 319 |
| IPA – text | ɪ |
| IPA – image | 
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| Entity | ɪ |
| X-SAMPA | I |
| Kirshenbaum | I |
| Sound sample | |
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The near-close near-front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɪ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is I. The IPA symbol is a small capital letter I.
[edit] Features
- Its vowel height is near-close, which means the tongue is positioned similarly to a close vowel, but slightly less constricted.
- Its vowel backness is near-front, which means the tongue is positioned as in a front vowel, but slightly further back in the mouth.
- Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.
[edit] Occurs in
- Dutch: ik [ɪ̽k], "I"
- English: (RP, GA and AuE) bit [bɪt]
- German: bitte [ˈbɪtə], "please"
- Irish Gaelic: duine [dɪnʲə], "person"
- Norwegian: litt [lɪt], "a little"
- Russian: дерево, [ˈdʲerʲɪvə]
- Sicilian: arrìriri [arrɪriri]], "smile"
- Scottish Gaelic: thig [ɪk], "come"
- Spanish (Andalucian): mis [mɪ] 'mine' (plural)
- Ukrainian кит, [kɪt] 'whale'cs:Téměř zavřená téměř přední nezaokrouhlená samohláska
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