Near-close near-front unrounded vowel
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| Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |
| Close | |||||
| Near-close | |||||
| Close-mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open-mid | |||||
| Near-open | |||||
| Open | |||||
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents
a rounded vowel. Vowel length is indicated by appending ː.
a rounded vowel. Vowel length is indicated by appending ː.
| IPA – number | 319 |
| IPA – text | ɪ |
| IPA – image |  |
| Entity | ɪ |
| X-SAMPA | I |
| Kirshenbaum | I |
 Sound sample (help·info) |
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The near-close near-front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɪ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is I. The IPA symbol is a small capital letter i.
There is also a near-close central unrounded vowel in some languages.
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[edit] Features
- Its vowel height is near-close, which means the tongue is positioned similarly to a close vowel, but slightly less constricted.
- Its vowel backness is near-front, which means the tongue is positioned similarly to a front vowel, but slightly further back in the mouth.
- Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.
[edit] Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | ik | [ɪ̽k] | 'I' | See Dutch phonology | |
| English | bit | [bɪt] | 'bit' | See English phonology | |
| French | Quebec | petite | [pətsɪt] | 'small' | Occurs only in closed syllables. See Quebec French phonology |
| German | bitte | [ˈbɪtə] | 'please' | See German phonology | |
| Irish | duine | [dɪnʲə] | 'person' | See Irish phonology | |
| Plautdietsch | winta | [vɪntə] | 'winter' | ||
| Portuguese | Brazilian[1] | saque | [ˈsakɪ] | 'withdrawal' | Unstressed vowel. See Portuguese phonology |
| Norwegian | litt | [lɪt] | 'a little' | See Norwegian phonology | |
| Russian[2] | дерево | [ˈdʲerʲɪvə] | 'tree' | Occurs only in unstressed syllables. See Russian phonology | |
| Scottish Gaelic | thig | [ɪk] | 'come' | ||
| Sicilian | arrìriri | [arrɪriri] | 'smile' | ||
| Swedish | sill | [sɪl] (help·info) |
'herring' | See Swedish phonology | |
| Ukrainian | кит | [kɪt] | 'whale' | See Ukrainian phonology | |
| Vietnamese | chị | [cɪi] | 'elder sister' | See Vietnamese phonology | |
[edit] References
- ^ Barbosa & Albano (2004:229)
- ^ Jones & Ward (1969:37)
[edit] Bibliography
- Barbosa, Plínio A. & Eleonora C. Albano (2004), "Brazilian Portuguese", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 34 (2): 227-232
- Jones, Daniel & Ward Dennis (1969), The Phonetics of Russian, Cambridge University Press
