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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Letter
ȉ (Cyrillic spelling и̏)
- (lexicography) A short i vowel with falling tone
Slovene
Etymology
Letter i with double grave (◌̏) to signify high-pitched short vowel.
Pronunciation
(phoneme) Pronunciation of ȉ (ȉ)
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• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): /ˈî/, , SNPT: /ȉ/
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): /ˈi/, SNPT: /ì/
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Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
(letter name) Pronunciation of ȉ (á ī)
• (Some Upper Carniolan and Carinthian dialects, particularly Rosen Valley dialect) IPA(key): , , SNPT (tonal):
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Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
Symbol
ȉ
- (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound .
Usage notes
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
References
- Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja, →ISBN