I with ogonek | |
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Į į | |
Usage | |
Writing system | Latin script |
Type | alphabetic |
Phonetic usage | [iː], [ĩ] |
Unicode codepoint | U+012E, U+012F |
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Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
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,[1] Western Apache, Chipewyan, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Muscogee, Dadibi, Dalecarlian, Gwichʼin, Hän, Iñapari, Kaska, Navajo, Sierra Otomi, Sekani, Tagish, Tlingit, Tutchone, Winnebago, and Ixtlán Zapotec.
Usage
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, and Ixtlán Zapotec. In most of them, the letter represent the nasalized close front unrounded vowel ([ĩ]).
Encoding
Preview | Į | į | ||
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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 |