Near-close near-front unrounded vowel
Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɪ⟩ in IPA
Near-close near-front unrounded vowel
The near-close near-front unrounded vowel, or near-high near-front unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɪ⟩ (a Latin small capital I). The International Phonetic Association advises serifs on the symbol's ends. Some sans-serif fonts do meet this typographic specification. Prior to 1989, there was an alternate IPA symbol for this sound, ⟨ɩ⟩ (a Latin iota); use of this symbol is no longer sanctioned by the IPA, though it may still be found in some modern writings. The Handbook of the International Phonetic Association defines [ɪ] as a mid-centralized (lowered and centralized) close front unrounded vowel (transcribed [i̽] or [ï̞]), and the current official IPA name of the vowel transcribed with the symbol ⟨ɪ⟩ is a near-close near-front unrounded vowel. However, some languages have a vowel that is somewhat lower than the canonical value of [ɪ], though it still fits the definition...
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