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Vowel i

CONTENTS: [ Description | Writing Animation | Pronunciation Notes | Exercises ]

Description

This vowel is marked with the diacritic zeri: the slanted line that appears below the alifu (the carrier letter) in the detached and initial forms of this letter. In medial or final position zeri is marked below the preceding consonant.

Writing Animation:
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The detached letter i: [SOUND]
A word-initial i:

this

[SOUND]
iho
A word-medial diacritic: a bear [SOUND]
richhu
A word-final diacritic: too much, excessive [SOUND]
vadhi
The nasalized vowel in: [SOUND]
A word-medial in: my [SOUND]
munhinjo

Pronunciation Notes

This vowel is pronounced as short [i], as the vowel in American English "kit". The nasalized version is pronounced as in American English "kin".

Exercises

Visual Discrimination Exercise

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