ȉ

ȉ	U+0209, ȉ LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DOUBLE GRAVE

Composition:

i [U+0069] + ◌̏ [U+030F]

← Ȉ
[U+0208]

Latin Extended-B

Ȋ →
[U+020A]

TranslingualEdit

LetterEdit

ȉ (lowercase, uppercase Ȉ)

The lowercase letter i, with a double grave accent.

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

Letter i with double grave (◌̏) to signify high-pitched short vowel.

PronunciationEdit

(phoneme) Pronunciation of ȉ (ȉ)

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA^(key): /ˈî/, [ˈɪ̂], SNPT: /ȉ/
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA^(key): /ˈi/, SNPT: /ì/

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 ȉ [krátki í] (á ī)

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA^(key): [ˈkɾàːtkí ˈîː], [ˈkɾàːtkí ˈǐː], SNPT: [krátki ī] (kratki i)
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA^(key): [ˈkɾaːtki ˈiː], SNPT: [krátki í]

• (Some Upper Carniolan and Carinthian dialects, particularly Rosen Valley dialect) IPA^(key): [ˈkʀàːtkí ˈîː], [ˈkʀàːtkí ˈǐː], SNPT (tonal): [kṙátki 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 (non-tonal)
• Hyphenation: ȉ
• Homophone: kratki i (tonal and non-tonal)

SymbolEdit

ȉ

(tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [ˈí].

Usage notesEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

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

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