Close front unrounded vowel

Information about Close front unrounded vowel

Vowels

Features

Its vowel height is close, which means the tongue is positioned as close as possible to the roof of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
Its vowel backness is front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are spread.

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Abkhaz		ажьырныҳәа	[aʑirnuħʷo]	'January'	See Abkhaz phonology
Afrikaans		dankie	[daŋki]	'thank you'
Albanian		mali	[mali]	'the mountain'
Arabic		دين	[diːn]	'debt'	See Arabic phonology
Armenian		ին	[im]	'my'
Azerbaijani		dili	[dɪlɪ]	'tree'
Basque		bizar	[bis̻ar]	'beard'
Bengali		?	[ami]	'I'
Burmese		?	[sə sá bjì]	'I am eating now'
Cantonese		詩/si1	[siː]	'poem'	See Standard Cantonese
Catalan		sis	[sis]	'six'	See Catalan phonology
Chickasaw		lhinko	[ɬinko]	'to be fat'
Croatian		vino	[viːno̞]	'wine'
Czech		bílı	[ˈbjiːliː]	'white'	See Czech phonology
Dahalo		[ʡáɬi]		'fat'
Danish		?	[b̥iˈlisd]	'car driver'	See Danish phonology
Dutch		biet	[bit]	'beet'	See Dutch phonology
English		beet	[biːt]	'beet'	See English phonology
Estonian		tiik	[tiːk]	'pond'
Faroese		il	[iːl]	'sole'
Finnish		viisi	[viːsi]	'five'	See Finnish phonology
French		fini	[fini]	'finished'	See French phonology
German		Ziel	[tsiːl]	'goal'	See German phonology
Greek		υγιεινή	[iˌʝiiˈni]	'hygiene'	Also represented by <οι> and <υι>. See Modern Greek phonology
Guaraní		ha’ukuri	[haʔukuri]	'Guaraní'
Haida		gii	[?]	'?'
Hawaiian		ʻaʻohe	[ʔaˈʔo.hi]	'no'	See Hawaiian phonology
Hindi		तीन	[t̪in]	'three'
Hungarian		ív''	[iːv]	'arch'	See Hungarian phonology
Icelandic		líka	[liːka]	'also'
Indonesian		*ini*	[ini]	'this'
Irish		sí	[ʃiː]	'she'	See Irish phonology
Italian		qui	[kwi]	'here'	See Italian phonology
Japanese		銀/gin	[giɴ]	'silver'	See Japanese phonology
Korean		시장/sijang	[ɕiˈʥaŋ]	'hunger'	See Korean phonology
Kurdish		zîndu	[ziːndu]	'alive'
Macedonian		јазик	[jazik]	'tongue'
Maltese		bieb	[biːb]	'door'
Mandarin		北京/Běijīng	[peɪ˨˩ tɕiŋ˥˥]	'Beijing'	See Standard Mandarin
Navajo		biwosh	[biɣʷoʃ]	'his cactus'
Norwegian		is	[iːs]	'ice'	See Norwegian phonology
Occitan	Northern and Southern	miralhar	[miraˈʎa]	'to reflect'
Occitan	Gascon	polida	[?]	'pretty'
Pashto		ﭙﺎﻧﻴﺮ	[pɑˈnir]	'cheese'
Persian		کی	[kiː]	'who'	See Persian phonology
Pirahã		baíxi	[màíʔì]	'parent'
Polish		i	[i]	'and'	See Polish phonology
Portuguese		li	[liː]	'I read'	See Portuguese phonology
Quechua		allin	[ˈaʎin]	'good'
Romanian		insulă	[ˈinsulə]	'island'	See Romanian phonology
Russian		лист	[lʲist]	'list'	Only occurs word-initially or after palatalized consonants. See Russian phonology
Scottish Gaelic		chì	[xiː]	'shall see'
Serbian		милина/milina	[milina]	'enjoyment'
Seri		cmiique	[ˈkw̃ĩːkːɛ]	'person'
Sindhi		سنڌي	[sɪndʱiː]	'Sindhi'
Sioux	Lakota^[1]^[2]	ǧí	[ʀí]	'it's brown'
Slovak		chlapi	[xlapi]	'men'
Spanish		tipo	[ˈt̪ipo̞]	'type'	May also be represented by <y>. See Spanish phonology
Swahili		miti	[miti]]]	'trees'
Swedish		is	] (helpinfo)	'ice'	See Swedish phonology
Tagalog		silya	[ˈsiljɐ]	'chair'
Tajik		бинӣ	[bɪˈniː]	'nose'
Turkish		ip	[ip]	'rope'	See Turkish phonology
Ubykh		[gʲi]		'heart'	Allophone of /ə/ after palatalized consonants. See Ubykh phonology
Vietnamese		ty	[tī]	'bureau'	See Vietnamese phonology
Võro		kirotas	[kʲirotas]	'he writes'
Welsh		hir	[hiːr]	'December'
Zulu		umuzi	[uˈmuːzi]	'village'

References

1. ^ Rood, David S., and Taylor, Allan R. (1996). Sketch of Lakhota, a Siouan Language, Part I. Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 17 (Languages), pp. 440–482.
2. ^ Lakota Language Consortium (2004). Lakota letters and sounds.

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