I (IPA)

Vowels

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Features

Its vowel height is close, which means the tongue is positioned as close as possible to the roof of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
Its vowel backness is front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are spread.

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Abkhaz		ажьырныҳәа	[aʑirnuħʷo]	'January'	See Abkhaz phonology
Afrikaans		dankie	[daŋki]	'thank you'
Albanian		mali	[mali]	'the mountain'
Arabic	Standard^[1]	دين	[d̪iːn]	'religion'	See Arabic phonology
Armenian		իմ	[im]	'my'
Azerbaijani		dili	[dili]	'tree'
Basque		bizar	[bis̻ar]	'beard'
Bengali		আমি	[ami]	'I'
Burmese		?	[sə sá bjì]	'I am eating now'
Catalan^[2]		sis	[sis]	'six'	See Catalan phonology
Chickasaw		lhinko	[ɬinko]	'to be fat'
Chinese	Cantonese	詩/si1	[siː˥]	'poem'	See Standard Cantonese
Chinese	Mandarin	北京/Běijīng	[peɪ˨˩ tɕiŋ˥˥]	'Beijing'	See Standard Mandarin
Croatian		vino	[viːno̞]	'wine'
Czech		bílý	[ˈbiːliː]	'white'	See Czech phonology
Dahalo		[ʡáɬi]		'fat'
Danish		bilist	[b̥iˈlisd]	'car driver'	See Danish phonology
Dutch^[3]		biet	[bit]	'beet'	See Dutch phonology
English^[4]		free	[friː]	'free'	See English phonology
Estonian		tiik	[tiːk]	'pond'
Faroese		il	[iːl]	'sole'
Finnish		viisi	[viːsi]	'five'	See Finnish phonology
French^[5]		fini	[fini]	'finished'	See French phonology
Georgian^[6]		სამი	[ˈsɑmi]	'three'
German		Ziel	[tsiːl]	'goal'	See German phonology
Greek		υγιεινή	[iˌʝiiˈni]	'hygiene'	Also represented by <οι> and <υι>. See Modern Greek phonology
Guaraní		ha’ukuri	[haʔukuri]	'Guaraní'
Haida		gii	[?]	'?'
Hawaiian		makani	[makani]	'breeze'	See Hawaiian phonology
Hebrew		דיר	[diʁ]	'pen' (enclosure)	Hebrew vowels are not shown in the script, see Niqqud and Hebrew phonology
Hindi		तीन	[t̪in]	'three'	See Hindi-Urdu phonology
Hungarian		ív	[iːv]	'arch'	See Hungarian phonology
Icelandic		líka	[liːka]	'also'	See Icelandic phonology
Indonesian		ini	[ini]	'this'
Irish		sí	[ʃiː]	'she'	See Irish phonology
Italian^[7]		bile	[ˈbile]	'rage'	See Italian phonology
Japanese		銀/gin	[giɴ]	'silver'	See Japanese phonology
Korean		시장/sijang	[ɕiˈʥaŋ]	'hunger'	See Korean phonology
Kurdish		zîndu	[ziːndu]	'alive'
Macedonian		јазик	[jazik]	'tongue'
Maltese		bieb	[biːb]	'door'
Navajo		biwosh	[biɣʷoʃ]	'his cactus'
Norwegian		is	[iːs]	'ice'	See Norwegian phonology
Occitan	Northern and Southern	miralhar	[miraˈʎa]	'to reflect'
Occitan	Gascon	polida	[?]	'pretty'
Pashto		ﭙﺎﻧﻴﺮ	[pɑˈnir]	'cheese'
Persian		کی	[kiː]	'who'	See Persian phonology
Pirahã		baíxi	[màíʔì]	'parent'
Polish^[8]		miś	[miɕ] (help·info)	'teddy bear'	See Polish phonology
Portuguese^[9]		li	[liː]	'I read'	See Portuguese phonology
Quechua		allin	[ˈaʎin]	'good'
Romanian		insulă	[ˈinsulə]	'island'	See Romanian phonology
Russian^[10]		лист	[lʲist]	'list'	Only occurs word-initially or after palatalized consonants. See Russian phonology
Scottish Gaelic		chì	[xiː]	'shall see'
Serbian		милина/milina	[milina]	'enjoyment'
Seri		cmiique	[ˈkw̃ĩːkːɛ]	'person'
Sindhi		سنڌي	[sɪndʱiː]	'Sindhi'
Sioux	Lakota^[11]^[12]	ǧí	[ʀí]	'it's brown'
Slovak		chlapi	[xlapi]	'men'
Spanish^[13]		tipo	[ˈt̪ipo̞]	'type'	May also be represented by <y>. See Spanish phonology
Swahili		miti	[miti]	'trees'
Swedish		is	[iːs] (help·info)	'ice'	See Swedish phonology
Tagalog		silya	[ˈsiljɐ]	'chair'
Tajik		бинӣ	[biˈniː]	'nose'
Turkish		ip	[ip]	'rope'	See Turkish phonology
Ubykh		[gʲi]		'heart'	Allophone of /ə/ after palatalized consonants. See Ubykh phonology
Vietnamese		ty	[tī]	'bureau'	See Vietnamese phonology
Võro		kirotas	[kʲirotas]	'he writes'
Welsh		hir	[hiːr]	'long'
Zulu		umuzi	[uˈmuːzi]	'village'

References

^ Thelwall (1990:38)
^ Carbonell & Llisterri (1992:54)
^ Gussenhoven (1992:47)
^ Roach (2004:240)
^ Fougeron & Smith (1993:73)
^ Shosted & Chikovani (2006:261-262)
^ Rogers & d'Arcangeli (2004:119)
^ Jassem (2003:105)
^ Cruz-Ferreira (1995:91)
^ Jones & Ward (1969:30)
^ Rood & Taylor (1996)
^ Lakota Language Consortium (2004). Lakota letters and sounds.
^ Martínez-Celdrán et al (2003:256)

Bibliography

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