I (Cyrillic)

I (ижє)
И и
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originOld Church Slavonic
Sound values[i], [ɪ], [ɤ], [ɨ]
In UnicodeU+0418, U+0438
History
Development
Η η
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TransliterationsI i
Other
Associated numbers8 (Cyrillic numerals)

I (И и; italics: И и or И и; italics: И и) is a letter used in almost all modern Cyrillic alphabets with the exception of Belarusian.

It commonly represents either the close front unrounded vowel /i/ (e.g., in Russian), like the pronunciation of ⟨i⟩ in "machine", or the near-close near-front unrounded vowel /ɪ/, (e.g., in Ukrainian), like the pronunciation of ⟨i⟩ in "bin".

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