The close front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is i.

Features

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• 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.

Occurs in

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The vowel ^* is a very common vowel. It occurs phonemically in almost all languages with three or more vowels, and phonetically it probably occurs in every language. For example:

• Dutch: biet
• English: (RP, GA and AuE) beet
• Faroese: il , '(foot)soal', ylur,
• French: fini , 'finished'
• German: Ziel , 'goal'
• Hungarian: ív , 'arch'
• Icelandic: líka , 'also'
• Italian: qui , 'here'
• Portuguese: li , 'I read'
• Polish: i , 'and'
• Scottish Gaelic: i 'she'
• Spanish: tipo , 'type'
• Swedish: is , 'ice'
• Vietnamese: ty , 'bureau'

Vowels

Uzavřená přední nezaokrouhlená samohláska | Ungerundeter geschlossener Vorderzungenvokal | Vocal cerrada anterior no redondeada | Voyelle haute antérieure non arrondie | 非円唇前舌狭母音 | 전설 비원순 고모음 | Vocală închisă anterioară nerotunjită