ȋ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

ȋ U+020B, ȋ LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH INVERTED BREVE Composition: i [U+0069] + ◌̑ [U+0311] ← Ȋ [U+020A] Latin Extended-B Ȍ → [U+020C]

Slovene

Etymology

Letter i with inverted breve (◌̑) to signify long high-pitched vowel.

Pronunciation

(phoneme) Pronunciation of ȋ (ȋ)

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): /ˈíː/, [ˈɪ́ː], [ˈîː], [ˈɪ̂ː], SNPT: /ȋ/ • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): /ˈiː/, [ˈɪː], IPA(key): /í/

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

(letter name) Pronunciation of ȋ [cirkumflektírani dôu̯gi í] (ȋ ó ī)

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [t͡siɾˌkumflekˈtíːɾaˌni ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡi ˈíː], [t͡siɾˌkumflekˈtíːɾaˌni ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡi ˈìː], SNPT: [cirkumflektȋrani dó̭u̯gi ī] (cirkumflektirani dolgi i) • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [t͡siɾˌkumflekˈtiːɾaˌni ˈdo̞ːu̯ɡi ˈiː], SNPT: [cirkumflektírani dō̭u̯gi í]

• (Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects) IPA(key): [t͡siɾˌkumflekˈtíːɾaˌni ˈdò̞ːu̯ɣi ˈíː], [t͡siɾˌkumflekˈtíːɾaˌni ˈdò̞ːu̯ɣi ˈìː], SNPT (tonal): [cirkumflektȋrani dó̭u̯gi ī] • (Some Upper Carniolan and Carinthian dialects, particularly Rosen Valley dialect) IPA(key): [t͡siʀˌkumflekˈtíːʀaˌni ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡi ˈíː], [t͡siʀˌkumflekˈtíːʀaˌni ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡi ˈìː], SNPT: [ciṙkumflektȋṙani dó̭u̯gi ī]

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Miscellaneous

• Rhymes: -iː ([-iː]) (non-tonal) • Hyphenation: ȋ

Symbol

ȋ

1. (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [íː].

Usage notes

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

See also

• i
• í
• ì
• ī
• ȉ

References

• Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja, →ISBN