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ȉ

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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]

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ȉ (Cyrillic spelling и̏)

  1. (lexicography) A short i vowel with falling tone

Slovene

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (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.

  • (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.

Symbol

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ȉ

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

Usage notes

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

See also

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References

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