I

I

See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

I U+0049, I LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I ← H [U+0048] Basic Latin J → [U+004A]

Ⅰ U+2160, Ⅰ ROMAN NUMERAL ONE ← ⅟ [U+215F] Number Forms Ⅱ → [U+2161]

Ｉ U+FF29, Ｉ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I ← Ｈ [U+FF28] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｊ → [U+FF2A]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• (Roman numeral one): Ⅰ, i, ⅰ
• ("Cardinal number read ordinal", i.e. ordinal): I.

Etymology

From the Etruscan letter 𐌉 (i, “i”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, “iota”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤉 (y, “yod”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂝.

Letter

I (lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

I (lower case ı)

1. The letter i without a dot above, in both the upper case and the lower case versions.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter I):  Íí  Ìì  Ĭĭ  Îî  Ǐǐ  Ïï  Ḯḯ  Ĩĩ  Įį  Īī  Ỉỉ  Ȉȉ  Ȋȋ  Ịị  Ḭḭ  Ɨɨɨ̆  ᵻ  ᶖ   İi   Iı  ɪ  Ｉｉ  fi  ffi  IJij  IJij
• (Letters using dot sign):  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ặặ  Ậậ  Ǡǡ  Ḃḃ  Ḅḅ  Ċċ  Ḋḋ  Ḍḍ  Ėė  Ẹẹ  Ḟḟ  Ġġ  Ḣḣ  Ḥḥ  Ii  İi  Iı  Ịị  Ḳḳ  Ḷḷ  Ṁṁ  Ṃṃ  Ṅṅ  Ṇṇ  Ȯȯ  Ọọ  Ợợ  Ṗṗ  Ṙṙ  Ṛṛ  Ṡṡ  Ṣṣ  ẛ  Ṫṫ  Ṭṭ  Ụụ  Ựự  Ṿṿ  Ẇẇ  Ẉẉ  Ẋẋ  Ẏẏ  Ỵỵ  Żż  Ẓẓ

Symbol

I

1. (chemistry) Symbol for iodine.
2. (physics) Isotopic spin.
3. (license plate codes) Italy
4. (physics, electronics) Electrical current.
5. (physics, kinematics) moment of inertia.
6. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for isoleucine
7. (mathematics, linear algebra) identity matrix
8. (mathematical analysis, topology) the (closed) unit interval; [0, 1]
9. (inorganic chemistry) Specifying an oxidation state of 1
10. (music) major tonic triad
11. (linguistics) A wildcard for a front vowel or a high vowel

    synonyms: E for a front vowel, Ɨ for a high vowel

12. (clothing) Bra cup size.

Numeral

I (upper case Roman numeral, lower case i)

1. cardinal number one.
2. (especially in the names of aristocracy) the first.

See also

• Next: II (2)

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase versions of I, in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of I:

NATO phonetic: India Morse code: ·· Braille: ⠊ ASL Manual: I

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

References

• “I”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “I”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ī, IPA^(key): /aɪ/
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): [aɪ̯]
  • (Southern American English) IPA^(key): [aː]
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ɑe̯]

  • Audio (US)

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  • Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: eye, aye, ay

Etymology 1

From Middle English I (also ik, ich), from Old English ih (also ic, iċċ (“I”)), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (“I”).

Cognate with Scots I, ik, A (“I”), Saterland Frisian iek (“I”), West Frisian ik (“I”), Dutch ik (“I”), Low German ik (“I”), German ich (“I”), Bavarian i (“I”), Yiddish איך (ikh, “I”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål jeg (“I”), Norwegian Nynorsk eg (“I”), Swedish jag (“I”), Icelandic ég, eg (“I”), Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik, “I”), and more remotely with Latin ego (“I”), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ, “I”), Russian я (ja, “I”), Lithuanian aš (“I”), Armenian ես (es, “I”), Sanskrit अहम् (ahám, “I”), Hittite 𒌑𒊌 (ūk, “I”). See also English ich. Doublet of ego and Ich.

Pronoun

I (first person singular subject personal pronoun, objective me, possessive my, possessive pronoun mine, reflexive myself)

1. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, page 414:

     […] It ill beſeemes a knight of gentle ſort, / Such as ye haue him boaſted, to beguyle / A ſimple maide, and worke ſo hainous tort, / In ſhame of knighthood, as I largely can report.

   • 1854, Gustave Chouquet, Easy Conversations in French‎, page 9:

     Here I am, sir.

     Audio

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   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     I know I have a pen, though…

     Audio (US)

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2. (nonstandard) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.

   Mom drove my sister and I to school.

   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, OCLC 24594216, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Sweet Baſſanio, My ſhips haue all miſcarried, my Creditors grow cruell, my eſtate is very low: my bond to the Iew is forfet, and ſince in paying it, it is impoſſible I ſhould liue, all debts are cleered betweene you and I if I might but ſee you at my death.

   • 1980, Bob Marley, Redemption Song

     Old pirates, yes, they rob I
     Sold I to the merchant ships
     Minutes after they took I
     From the bottomless pit.

Usage notes

• The word I is always capitalised in written English. Other forms of the pronoun, such as me and my, follow regular English capitalisation rules.
• I is the subject (nominative) form, as opposed to me, which is the objective (accusative and dative) form. Me is also used emphatically, like French moi. In some cases there are differing views about which is preferred. For example, the traditional rule followed by some speakers is to use I as the complement of the copula (It is I), but it is now more usual to choose me in this context (It's me).
• When used in lists, it is often thought better to refer to oneself last. Thus it is more natural to say John and I than I and John. In such lists, the traditional rule is to use the same case form one would choose if there were only one pronoun. Thus, since we say I am happy, we say John and I are happy, but since we say Jenny saw me, so we say Jenny saw John and me. However, one frequently hears John and me are happy, which is traditionally seen as a case error. Similarly, probably as a hypercorrected reaction to this, one can occasionally hear phrases like Jenny saw John and I.

Synonyms

• ich, ch
• my ass, m'ass (vulgar slang)
• muggins, yours truly

Derived terms

• as I live and breathe
• lyrical I

Translations

See I/translations § Pronoun.

See also

English personal pronouns

			personal pronoun			possessive pronoun	possessive determiner
			subjective	objective	reflexive
first person	singular		I me (colloquial)	me	myself me mysen	mine	my mine (before vowels, archaic) me
	plural		we	us	ourselves ourself oursen	ours	our
second person	singular	standard, formal	you	you	yourself yoursen	yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)	your
		archaic, informal	thou	thee	thyself theeself thysen	thine	thy thine (before vowels)
	plural	standard	you ye (archaic)	you	yourselves	yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)	your
		colloquial	you all y'all you guys	you all y'all you guys	–	y'all's you guys's your guys's (proscribed)	y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys's your guys's (proscribed)
		informal / dialectal	(see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
third person	singular	masculine	he	him	himself hisself (archaic) hissen	his hisn (obsolete outside dialects)	his
		feminine	she	her	herself hersen	hers hern (obsolete outside dialects)	her
		neuter	it hit	it hit	itself hitself	its his (archaic)	its his (archaic) hits
		genderless	they	them	themself, themselves	theirs	their
		genderless, nonspecific (formal)	one	one	oneself	–	one's
	plural		they	them hem, 'em	themselves theirsen	theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects)	their

Noun

I (uncountable)

1. (metaphysics) The ego.

Derived terms

• I-hood
• I-ness
• I-ship

Etymology 2

• Old French i, from Latin ī, from Etruscan I (i).

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i, plural Is or I's)

1. The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

• I-beam

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Number

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ordinal number ninth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation.

Noun

I (countable and uncountable, plural Is)

1. (US, roadway) Interstate.
2. (grammar) Abbreviation of instrumental case.
3. (computing) Abbreviation of instruction.

Interjection

I

1. Obsolete spelling of aye.

References

• “I”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “I”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "I" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

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Afar

Letter

I (lowercase i)

1. The ninth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Noun

I (plural I's, diminutive I'tjie)

1. I

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Angami

Letter

I

1. The fifth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üiüi, A a, Aiai, I i, Ieie, U u, Uouo, E e, Eiei, O o, Ouou, K k, Khkh, G g, Ngng, C c, Chch, J j, Jhjh, Nyny, T t, Thth, D d, N n, Tsts, Tshtsh, Dzdz, P p, Phph, B b, M m, Pfpf, Bvbv, Y y, Yhyh, R r, Rhrh, L l, Lhlh, F f, V v, W w, Whwh, S s, Shsh, Z z, Zhzh, H h

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Azerbaijani

Letter

I upper case (lower case ı)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/, [i]

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Basque alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Cameroon Pidgin

Alternative forms

• a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Pronoun

I

1. I, 1st person singular subject personal pronoun

See also

Cameroonian Pidgin personal pronouns

Subject personal pronouns
		singular	plural
1st person		I	we, wu
2nd person		you	wuna
3rd person		i	dey
Object and topic personal pronouns
1st person		me	we
2nd person		you	wuna
3rd person		yi, -am	dem, -am

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Central Franconian

Etymology

• For the origin of /e/, see E.
• /i/ is from Middle High German i in open syllables; in Ripuarian from ī before velars.
• /iː/ is from ī before non-velars in Ripuarian; from ē in Ripuarian and northern Moselle Franconian; from ie, üe in southern Moselle Franconian; from æ (œ) in some dialects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (short open) /e/, (short closed) /i/, (long) /iː/

Letter

I

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

• In the German-based spelling, /e/ is usually represented by E (see there).

Use of the digraph IE

• In the German-based spelling, long i is generally written ie except when the German cognate has /iː/ as well and spells it i. Either spelling may be used in the following cases:
  • when the German cognate has only one vowel letter: Kies, Kis (German Käse);
  • at the beginning of a word: ielig, ilig (German eilig).
• In the Dutch-based spelling, both short /i/ and long /iː/ are generally written ie except when the Dutch cognate has /i/ and spells it i. The short vowel is optionally indicated in open syllables by doubling the following consonant: piemmele, piemele.

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Chinese

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ai

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ai⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): a hhi (T2); a hhi (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴
    • Yale: ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aai¹
    • Yale: āai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai
    • Tâi-lô: ai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ai⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: a hhi (T2); a hhi (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a̱³³ ɦi⁴⁴/, /a̱⁵⁵ ɦi²¹/

Note: Often realised as one syllable.

Letter

I

1. The ninth letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī (yi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹
    • Yale: yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵/

Letter

I

1. The ninth letter used in Pinyin.

Usage notes

• The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

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Danish

FWOTD – 5 November 2015

Etymology

From Old East Norse *īʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́. Cognate with Swedish ni, Norwegian Nynorsk de, Faroese tær, and Icelandic þér.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]
• Homophone: i
• Rhymes: -i

Pronoun

I (objective jer, possessive jeres)

1. (personal) you, you all (second person plural)

   I må ikke gå derind!

   You can't go in there!

   • 2014, Diverse forfattere, Fire uger blev til fire år - og andre beretninger, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN

     Og så er der forresten lidt mere med det samme: I må love os een ting. mor og far, I må ikke efterligne os unge! — For gør I det, ja, så kommer I til at se så morsomme ud. — I må ikke prøve på at løbe fra jeres alder, for det kan I alligevel ikke.

     And by the way, there's something else: You must promise us one thing, mum and dad, you may not imitate us young! — For if you do, you will look so funny. — you may not try to run way from your age, for you can't do that anyway.

   • 1981, Mogens Wolstrup, Vild hyben: danske forfattere skriver om jalousi

     Men det er ikke jeres skyld, siger Ditte. I er unge og kloge. I er grimme og fantastisk smukke. I har modet! I er på rette vej med jeres show. Jeg føler med jeres oprør, og måske derfor kunne jeg ikke klare mere. Jeres hud er glat, I er startet i tide.

     But it is not your fault, Ditte says. You are young and intelligent. You are ugly and amazingly beautiful. You have the courage! You are on the right path with your show. I feel with your rebellion, and perhaps for that reason, I couldn't take any more. Your skin is smooth, you started in time.

   • 2011, Per Ullidtz, Absalons Europa, BoD – Books on Demand →ISBN, page 229

     Og lidt senere ”I har hørt at det er sagt: øje for øje og tand for tand. Men jeg siger jer, at I må ikke sætte jer imod det onde; men dersom nogen giver dig et slag på din højre kind, da vend ham også den anden til! ...

     And a little later ”you have heard it said: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, you may not resist evil; but if anyone hits you on the right cheek, turn the other towards [whoever hit you]! ...

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: I

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common(noun)	den		dens
		neuter(noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

References

• “I,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

I (capital, lowercase i)

1. The ninth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: H
• Next letter: J

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /i/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The twelfth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

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Estonian

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ii and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

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Finnish

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ii and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Noun

I

1. Abbreviation of improbatur.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettre; A a (À à,  â, Æ æ), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Πî, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n (Ñ ñ), O o (Ô ô, Œ œ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), Z z

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiː/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the German alphabet.

Related terms

• I longa f

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈi]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈi]

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	I	I-k
accusative	I-t	I-ket
dative	I-nek	I-knek
instrumental	I-vel	I-kkel
causal-final	I-ért	I-kért
translative	I-vé	I-kké
terminative	I-ig	I-kig
essive-formal	I-ként	I-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	I-ben	I-kben
superessive	I-n	I-ken
adessive	I-nél	I-knél
illative	I-be	I-kbe
sublative	I-re	I-kre
allative	I-hez	I-khez
elative	I-ből	I-kből
delative	I-ről	I-kről
ablative	I-től	I-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	I-é	I-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	I-éi	I-kéi

Possessive forms of I
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	I-m	I-im
2nd person sing.	I-d	I-id
3rd person sing.	I-je	I-i
1st person plural	I-nk	I-ink
2nd person plural	I-tek	I-itek
3rd person plural	I-jük	I-ik

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs

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Ido

Letter

I (lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /i/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /i/, /ɪ/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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Italian

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈi/^*
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: Ì
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /i/
• (phonemic realization when followed by a vowel in the same syllable) IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

I f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Italian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Japanese

Romanization

I

1. Rōmaji transcription of い

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Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

(file)

Letter

I

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ai̯]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [i]
• (Phoneme, Closed ultima) IPA^(key): [e]

Letter

I

1. The ninth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• ich, iche, icche, i, j, hi, hij, jch, hich, hic, ic, ick, ih, ig, ik, ike, ihc, ichc, ichs, ics, a, y

Etymology

From Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic [[*ek, *ik#Proto-Germanic|*ek, *ik]], from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. More at English I.

Capitalized since 13th century to mark it as a distinct word and prevent misreading.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /i/

Pronoun

I (accusative me, genitive min, genitive determiner mi, min)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
   • c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39)‎, folio 34, recto, lines 36-37; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 29 May 2019:

     Stille þou be peter. Wel i þe icnowe. / þou wolt fur ſake me þrien . ar þe coc him crowe.

     "Quiet now, Peter. I know you well; / You'll forsake me three times when the cock crows."

   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Joon 15:19, page 51v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     If ȝe hadden be of þe woꝛld .· þe woꝛld ſchulde loue þat þing þat was his / but foꝛ ȝe ben not of þe woꝛld · but I chees ȝou fro þe woꝛld .· þerfoꝛ þe woꝛld hatiþ ȝou

     If you had been of the world, the world would love that which is its [own]; so the world hates you, because you aren't of the world. Instead I picked you from the world.

Descendants

• English: I, ik (obsolete), ich (obsolete)
• Scots: A, I, ik (rare)
• Yola: ich

See also

Middle English personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st-person		I, ich, ik	me		min mi1	min
	2nd-person		þou	þe		þin þi1	þin
	3rd-person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him2	his, hit	—
dual3	1st-person		wit	unk		unker
	2nd-person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st-person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd-person4		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd-person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres, heren
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

¹Used preconsonantally or before h.
²Early or dialectal.
³Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
⁴Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

• “ich, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish I, from Old East Norse *īʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz. Cognate with Swedish ni, Norwegian Nynorsk de, Faroese tær, and Icelandic þér.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Pronoun

I (objective case jer or eder)

1. (rare, archaic) ye: a second-person plural nominative pronoun

   Synonym: dere

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Etymology 1

From Latin I.

Letter

I (lower case i, definite singular I-en, indefinite plural I-ar, definite plural I-ane)

1. The ninth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, called I and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. The upper case spelling might be an orthographic influence from cognate English I, or as a means to differenciate from native preposition i (“in”).

Alternative forms

• i

Pronoun

I (objective me, possessive min)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of eg (first person singular pronoun)

Etymology 3

Possibly through Danish I. From Old Norse ér, ír, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́. Compare with de. The upper case spelling might be explained either by its use as an honorific, or with its plausible Danish origins.

Alternative forms

• i

Pronoun

I (objective ær or ør or jærs, possessive ærs or ørs or jærs)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, polite) you (second person singular)

Derived terms

• ia

References

• “I” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Torp, Alf (1919), “I”, in Nynorsk etymologisk ordbok, Kristiania: Aschehoug, page 240
• Ivar Aasen (1850), “i”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Anagrams

• i, i-

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Nupe

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /i/, (after /n/ or /m/) /ĩ/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The eleventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The twelfth letter of the Polish alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Further reading

• I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• I in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. (International Standard) The twelfth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax) The thirteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z zInternational Standard:(À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/, /j/, /ʲ/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The eleventh letter of the Romanian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Generally represents the phoneme /i/.
• Before vowels, this letter usually takes on the sound of /j/

  ianuarie /ja.nuˈa.ri.e/

• At the ends of words (except verb infinitives, and those ending in a consonant cluster ending in l or r), the letter palatalizes the previous syllable and is "whispered": /ʲ/

  băieți /bəˈjetsʲ/

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Ăă, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Îî, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Șș, Tt, Țț, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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Saanich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

I

1. The eleventh letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

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Scots

Etymology 1

From Old English iċ, from Proto-Germanic [[*ek, *ik#Proto-Germanic|*ek, *ik]], from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

I (first person singular, emphatic I)

1. I

Synonyms

• A
• ik

See also

• mei
• ma
• mine

Letter

I

1. The ninth letter of the Scots alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Ȝ ȝ

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/, /j/

Letter

I (lower case i)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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Slovene

Etymology

From Gaj's Latin alphabet I, from Czech alphabet I, from Latin I, from the Etruscan letter 𐌉 (i, “i”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, “iota”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤉 (y, “yod”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂝.

Pronunciation

(phoneme) Pronunciation of I

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): /ˈíː/, /ˈìː/, /ˈî/, /i/, [ˈɪ́ː], [ˈɪ̀ː], [ˈɪ̂], [ˈîː], [ˈǐː], [ˈɪ̂ː], [ˈɪ̌ː], SNPT: /ī/, /ȉ/, /i/ • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): /ˈiː/, /ˈi/, /i/, [ˈɪː], [ˈɪ], SNPT: /í/, /ì/, /i/

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 I (ī)

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˈîː], [ˈǐː], SNPT: [ī] • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˈiː], SNPT: [í], Audio: (file)

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 ([-í]) (non-tonal) • Hyphenation: i

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The tenth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The fifteenth letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
3. The eleventh letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

Ī m inan

1. The name of the Latin script letter I / i.

Inflection

• Overall more common

First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent, -j- infix
nom. sing.	I
gen. sing.	I-ja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	I	I-ja	I-ji
genitive rodȋlnik	I-ja	I-jev	I-jev
dative dajȃlnik	I-ju, I-ji	I-jema	I-jem
accusative tožȋlnik	I	I-ja	I-je
locative mẹ̑stnik	I-ju, I-ji	I-jih	I-jih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	I-jem	I-jema	I-ji
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	I	I-ja	I-ji

• More common when with a definite adjective

Third masculine declension (no endings) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	I
gen. sing.	I
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	I	I	I
genitive rodȋlnik	I	I	I
dative dajȃlnik	I	I	I
accusative tožȋlnik	I	I	I
locative mẹ̑stnik	I	I	I
instrumental orọ̑dnik	I	I	I
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	I	I	I

• Dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , -j- infix
nom. sing.	I
gen. sing.	I-ja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	I	I-ja	I-ji
genitive rodȋlnik	I-ja	I-jov	I-jov
dative dajȃlnik	I-ju, I-ji	I-joma	I-jom
accusative tožȋlnik	I	I-ja	I-je
locative mẹ̑stnik	I-ju, I-ji	I-jih	I-jih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	I-jom	I-joma	I-ji
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	I	I-ja	I-ji

Derived terms

• Í
• Ì
• Ï

 

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž

Further reading

• “I”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɪ/, /i/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʔɪ/

Letter

I upper case (lower case i)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Somali alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by E and followed by O.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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Spanish

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. the ninth letter of the Spanish alphabet

Adjective

I

1. Abbreviation of ilustre.

   La I municipalidad de Valparaíso.

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Swedish

Etymology 1

See the etymology at #Translingual.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /iː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /iː/, /ɪ/
• Rhymes: -iː

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Swedish alphabet.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ī, īr, from Old Norse ír, variant of ér, from Proto-Germanic *jīz, variant of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Alternative forms

• J, j

Pronoun

I (personal pronoun)

1. (archaic) you (second-person plural nominative)

Synonyms

• ni

References

• Lindström, Fredrik (2010), “Svårt att gissa arslets grundform [Hard to guess the lemma of arslet]”, in Språktidningen‎ (in Swedish), issue 5, retrieved 14 July 2020

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɯː/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case ı)

1. The eleventh letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ı and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔi˧˧], [ʔi˧˧ ŋan˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧], [ʔɪj˧˧ ŋaŋ˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧], [ʔɪj˧˧ ŋaŋ˦˥]
• Phonetic: i, i ngắn

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The twelfth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called i or i ngắn and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /iː/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˌiː ˈdɔt/, /ˌiː ˈðɔt/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called i or i dot and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by H and followed by J.

Mutation

• I cannot mutate but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word iwrch (“roe deer”):

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
iwrch	unchanged	unchanged	hiwrch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), chapter I, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /i/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /í/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The tenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called í and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y

• As used in Benin: (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

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Zulu

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z