Unrounded closed front tongue vowel

IPA mark	i
IPA number	301
IPA character description	Latin minuscule i
Unicode	U + 0069 (i)
HTML (dec.)	& # 105;
X-SAMPA	i
Kirshenbaum	i
Audio sample ? / i [ ʔiː ]

The unrounded, closed front tongue vowel is a vowel with the articulation of the tongue in the front area of ​​the oral cavity - i.e. not withdrawn - the mouth is closed fairly wide and the lips are not rounded, but relaxed.

Phonetic and orthographic realization of the unrounded closed front tongue vowel in different languages:

• German [ i, iː ]: I, i; ih; mostly ie ( long i)
  • Examples: M i ne [ ˈmiːnə ], B ie ne [ ˈbiːnə ], ih n [ iːn ], I diot [ iˈdi̯oːt ]
• English [ i, iː ]: ee, ie often, e occasionally, ea sometimes; in unstressed final syllables y .
  • Examples: s ee [ siː ], th ie f [ θiːf ], b e [ biː ], b ea t [ biːt ], happ y [ 'hæpi ]
• Double [⁠ i ⁠] : I, i, Y, y
  • Examples: p i le [ pil ], mart y r [ maʀˈtiʀ ]
• Italian [⁠ i ⁠] : I, i
  • Example: qu i [ kwi ]
• Spanish [⁠ i ⁠] : I, i
  • Examples: t i po [ tipo ], i legal [ ile'ɣal ]
• Polish [⁠ i ⁠] : I, i
  • Example: w i no [ ˈvinɔ ]

See also

• vocal
• Front tongue vowel
• Rounding (phonetics)