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I with ogonek
Į į
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Typealphabetic
Sound values[iː], [ĩ]
In UnicodeU+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, 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

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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 represents the nasalized close front unrounded vowel ([ĩ]).

Encoding

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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

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