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ȋ

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ȋ U+020B, ȋ
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH INVERTED BREVE
Composition:i [U+0069] + ◌̑ [U+0311]
Ȋ
[U+020A]
Latin Extended-B Ȍ
[U+020C]

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ȋ (Cyrillic spelling и̑)

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

Slovene

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Etymology

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Letter i with inverted breve (◌̑) to signify long high-pitched vowel.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): /ˈíː/, [ˈɪ́ː], [ˈîː], [ˈɪ̂ː], SNPT: /ȋ/
  • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): /ˈiː/, [ˈɪː], IPA(key): /í/

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): [t͡siɾˌkumflekˈtíːɾaˌni ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡi ˈíː], [t͡siɾˌkumflekˈtíːɾaˌni ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡi ˈìː], SNPT: [cirkumflektȋrani dó̭u̯gi ī] (cirkumflektirani dolgi i)
  • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [t͡siɾˌkumflekˈtiːɾaˌni ˈdo̞ːu̯ɡi ˈiː], SNPT: [cirkumflektírani dō̭u̯gi í]
  • (Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects) IPA(key): [t͡siɾˌkumflekˈtíːɾaˌni ˈdò̞ːu̯ɣi ˈíː], [t͡siɾˌkumflekˈtíːɾaˌni ˈdò̞ːu̯ɣi ˈìː], SNPT (tonal): [cirkumflektȋrani dó̭u̯gi ī]
  • (Some Upper Carniolan and Carinthian dialects, particularly Rosen Valley dialect) IPA(key): [t͡siʀˌkumflekˈtíːʀaˌni ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡi ˈíː], [t͡siʀˌkumflekˈtíːʀaˌni ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡi ˈìː], SNPT: [ciṙkumflektȋṙani dó̭u̯gi ī]

Note: different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

  • Rhymes: -iː ([-iː]) (non-tonal)
  • Hyphenation: ȋ

Symbol

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ȋ

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

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