Í,í (i-acute) is a letter in theFaroese,Hungarian,Icelandic,Karakalpak,Dobrujan Tatar,Czech, andSlovak languages, where it often indicates a long /i/ vowel (ee in English wordfeel). This form also appears inCatalan,Irish,Italian,Occitan,Portuguese,Spanish,Aragonese,Galician,Leonese,Navajo, andVietnamese language as a variant of the letter "i". InLatin, thelong i⟨ꟾ⟩ is used instead of⟨í⟩ for a long i-vowel.[1]
In Chinesepinyin, í is theyángpíng tone (阳平, high-rising tone) of “i”.
Í is the 12th letter of theDobrujan Tatar alphabet, represents the hight unrounded half-advanced ATR or soft vowel /ɨ/ as in "bír" [b̶ɨr̶] 'one'. At the end of the word it is pronounced with half open mouth undergoing dilatation "Keñiytúw" and becoming mid unrounded half-advanced ATR or soft /ə/, also known as schwa, as in "tílí" [t̶ɨl̶ə] 'his tongue'.
Í is the 11th letter of theFaroese alphabet and represents/ʊi/.
Í is the 16th letter of theHungarian alphabet, the 12th letter of theIcelandic alphabet, the 16th letter of theCzech alphabet and the 18th letter of theSlovak alphabet. It represents/iː/. In Icelandic it is often pronounced as a short vowel.
InIbero-Romance languages, the "í" is not considered a letter, but the letter "i" with an accent. It is used to denote an "i" syllable with abnormal stress. In Italian, Í/í is a variant of I carrying an acute accent; it represents an /i/ carrying the tonic accent. It is used only if it is the last letter of the word except in dictionaries or when a different pronunciation may affect the meaning of a word:víola ("violates",pronounced[ˈviːola]) andviòla ("violet",pronounced['vjɔːla]).
Í is the 13th letter of theKarakalpak alphabet. It represents/ɯ/. Its preferred lowercase form is⟨ı⟩.
InVietnamese alphabet, í is thesắc tone (high-rising tone) of “i”.