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| I with ogonek | |
|---|---|
| Į į | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Assiniboine language,Lithuanian language,Navajo language,Osage language,Winnebago language |
| Sound values | [iː],[ĩ] |
| In Unicode | U+012E, U+012F |
| History | |
| Transliterations | И̨и̨,Іі |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
| This article containsphonetic transcriptions in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, seeHelp:IPA. For the distinction between[ ],/ / and ⟨ ⟩, seeIPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. | |
I with ogonek (majuscule:Į,minuscule:į) is a letter of theLatin alphabet formed by addition of theogonek to the letterI. It is used inLithuanian,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, andIxtlán Zapotec.
InLithuanian, it is the 14th letter of thealphabet, and is pronounced aslongclose front unrounded vowel ([iː]). In the past, the letter was used to denote thenasalizedclose front unrounded vowel ([ĩ]). Currently, it appears in the words that used to be nasalized in the past, for example inįkalnė, which meansuphill.[1]
⟨Į⟩ was also used in theLatin alphabet of the Khakas language between 1929–1939, representing the sound/ɘ/. The current Cyrillic alphabet uses thedotted I for the same sound.
The letter also appears in variousIndigenous 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, andIxtlán Zapotec. In most of them, the letter represents thenasalizedclose front unrounded vowel ([ĩ]).
| Preview | Į | į | ||
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| 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 | ||
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