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Í

Latin letter I with acute accent

Í, í (i-acute) is a letter in the Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Karakalpak, Czech, and Slovak languages, where it often indicates a long /i/ vowel (ee in English word feel). This form also appears in Catalan, Irish, Italian, Occitan, Portuguese, Spanish, Aragonese, Galician, Leonese, Navajo, and Vietnamese language as a variant of the letter "i". In Latin, the long i ⟨ꟾ⟩ is used instead of ⟨í⟩ for a long i-vowel.^[1]

Usage in various languages[edit]

Chinese[edit]

In Chinese pinyin í is the yángpíng tone (阳平, high-rising tone) of “i”.

Faroese[edit]

Í is the 11th letter of the Faroese alphabet and represents /ʊi/.

Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Czech and Slovak[edit]

Í is the 16th letter of the Hungarian alphabet, the 12th letter of the Icelandic alphabet, the 16th letter of the Czech alphabet and the 18th letter of the Slovak alphabet. It represents /iː/.

Ibero-Romance[edit]

InIbero-Romance languages, the『í』is not considered a letter, but the letter "i" with an accent. It is used to denote an "i" syllable with abnormal stress.

Italian[edit]

Í/í is a variant of I carrying an acute accent; it represents an /i/ carrying the tonic accent. It is used only if it is the last letter of the word except in dictionaries or when a different pronunciation may affect the meaning of a word: víola ("violates", pronounced [ˈviːola]) and viòla ("violet", pronounced ['vjɔːla]).

Karakalpak[edit]

Í is the 13th letter of the Karakalpak alphabet. It represents /ɯ/. Its preferred lowercase form is ⟨ı⟩.

Vietnamese[edit]

InVietnamese alphabet í is the sắc tone (high-rising tone) of “i”.

Character mappings[edit]

See also[edit]

• Acute accent

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