Dotless I
I, or ı, called dotless i, is a letter used in the Latin-script alphabets of Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Kazakh, Tatar, Karakalpak and Turkish. It commonly represents the close back unrounded vowel /ɯ/, except in Kazakh where it represents the near-close front unrounded vowel /ɪ/. All of the languages it is used in also use its dotted counterpart İ while not using the basic Latin letter I.
| Dotless I | |
|---|---|
| I ı | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Turkish language |
| Phonetic usage | [ɯ] [ɪ] |
| Unicode codepoint | U+0049, U+0131 |
| History | |
| Development | I i
|
| Time period | 1928 to present |
| Sisters | İ i |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
In scholarly writing on Turkic languages, ï is sometimes used for /ɯ/.
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