Near-close_central_unrounded_vowel

Close central unrounded vowel
Close central unrounded vowel
ɨ
IPA Number	317
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Close central unrounded vowel

Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɨ⟩ in IPA

The close central unrounded vowel, or high central unrounded vowel,^[1] is a type of vowel sound used in some languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɨ⟩, namely the lower-case letter i with a horizontal bar. Both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as barred i.

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Occasionally, this vowel is transcribed ⟨ï⟩ (centralized ⟨i⟩) or ⟨ɯ̈⟩ (centralized ⟨ɯ⟩).^[2]

The close central unrounded vowel is the vocalic equivalent of the rare post-palatal approximant [j̈].^[3]

Some languages feature the near-close central unrounded vowel (listen^ⓘ), which is slightly lower. It is most often transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɨ̞⟩ and ⟨ɪ̈⟩, but other transcriptions such as ⟨ɪ̠⟩ and ⟨ɘ̝⟩ are also possible. In many British dictionaries, this vowel has been transcribed ⟨ɪ⟩, which captures its height; in the American tradition it is more often ⟨ɨ⟩, which captures its centrality, or ⟨ᵻ⟩,^[4] which captures both. ⟨ᵻ⟩ is also used in a number of other publications, such as Accents of English by John C. Wells. In the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, ⟨ᵻ⟩ represents variation between /ɪ/ and /ə/.^[5]

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While the International Phonetic Association prefers the terms "close" and "open" for vowel height, many linguists use "high" and "low".

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See e.g. Cruttenden (2014:133), who transcribes the unrounded central realization of the English GOOSE vowel /uː/ with the symbol [ɯ̈ː].

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Instead of "post-palatal", it can be called "retracted palatal", "backed palatal", "palato-velar", "pre-velar", "advanced velar", "fronted velar" or "front-velar".

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Pullum & Ladusaw (1996:298)

[FOOTNOTEUpton201263,_68-5] [5]
Upton (2012), pp. 63, 68.

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Campbell, Kaufman & Smith-Stark (1986)

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[FOOTNOTETondineli2020914-10] [10]
Tondineli (2020), p. 914.

[FOOTNOTEHaywardHayward199947-11] [11]
Hayward & Hayward (1999), p. 47.

[FOOTNOTEBlankenshipLadefogedBhaskararaoChase1993129-12] [12]
Blankenship et al. (1993), p. 129.

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Abdel-Massih (1971:15)

[FOOTNOTEWells1982534–535-14] [14]
Wells (1982), pp. 534–535.

[lodge174-15] [15]
Lodge (2009:174)

[alwa-16] [16]
Altendorf & Watt (2004:188–189)

[mott75-17] [17]
Mott (2012:75)

[FOOTNOTELass2002113–115-18] [18]
Lass (2002), pp. 113–115.

[wells534-19] [19]
Wells (1982:534)

[FOOTNOTELodge2009174-20] [20]
Lodge (2009), p. 174.

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[FOOTNOTEÓ_Sé2000?-23] [23]
Ó Sé (2000), p. ?.

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[FOOTNOTEThackston2006a1-28] [28]
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[FOOTNOTEKhanLescot19708–16-29] [29]
Khan & Lescot (1970), pp. 8–16.

[FOOTNOTENau20119–10-30] [30]
Nau (2011), pp. 9–10.

[FOOTNOTEKruspeHajek2009244-31] [31]
Kruspe & Hajek (2009), p. 244.

[sadowsky-32] [32]
Sadowsky et al. (2013:92)

[FOOTNOTEIivonenHarnud200562,_66–67-33] [33]
Iivonen & Harnud (2005), pp. 62, 66–67.

[FOOTNOTEFerreira200537-34] [34]
Ferreira (2005), p. 37.

[FOOTNOTEOlson2004235-35] [35]
Olson (2004), p. 235.

[FOOTNOTEGordonMaddieson1996118-36] [36]
Gordon & Maddieson (1996), p. 118.

[FOOTNOTESarlin201418-37] [37]
Sarlin (2014), p. 18.

[FOOTNOTEJonesWard196933,_38-38] [38]
Jones & Ward (1969), pp. 33, 38.

[FOOTNOTEHargusBeavert2002-39] [39]
Hargus & Beavert (2002).

[FOOTNOTEAutuori201945-40] [40]
Autuori (2019), p. 45.

[FOOTNOTEAutuori201945,_47-41] [41]
Autuori (2019), pp. 45, 47.

[FOOTNOTETeo201428-42] [42]
Teo (2014), p. 28.

[FOOTNOTETeo2012368-43] [43]
Teo (2012), p. 368.

[FOOTNOTEValenzuelaMárquez_PinedoMaddieson2001283-44] [44]
Valenzuela, Márquez Pinedo & Maddieson (2001), p. 283.

[FOOTNOTEFirestone1965?-45] [45]
Firestone (1965), p. ?.

[FOOTNOTERiad201421-46] [46]
Riad (2014), p. 21.

[FOOTNOTEIdo201491-47] [47]
Ido (2014), p. 91.

[FOOTNOTEKeane2004114-48] [48]
Keane (2004), p. 114.

[FOOTNOTETench2007230-49] [49]
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Iivonen & Harnud (2005), pp. 64, 68.

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Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Acehnese		tupeue	[tupɨə]	'to know'	Asyik^[7] and Al-Ahmadi Al-Harbi^[8] describe this sound as such while Durie^[9] describes it as closer to [ɯ]
Aikanã^[10]		tɨi	[ˈtɨi]	'aunt'	It also happens as allophone of /a/ before [i].^[10]
Amharic^[11]		ሥር/sərə/sîrî	[sɨ̞r]	'root'	Near-close.^[11]
Angami	Khonoma^[12]	prü	[pɻɨ˨]	'hail stone'	The height varies between close [ɨ] and mid [ə].^[12] Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ə⟩.
Arhuaco		ikʉ	[ɪk'ɨ]	'Arhuaco language'
Bantawa	Ilam, Nepal	küma	[kɨma]	'afraid'
Berber	Central Atlas Tamazight^[13]	ⵅⴷⵉⵎ/khdim	[χdɨ̞m]	'to work'	Epenthetically inserted into consonant clusters before labial and coronal consonants.
Chinese	Hokkien	豬/tir	[tɨ˥]	'pig'
Chinese	Mandarin	十/shí	[ʂɨ˧˥]	'ten'
English	Inland Southern American^[14]	good	[ɡɨ̞d]	'good'	Corresponds to [ʊ] in other dialects. See English phonology
	Southeastern English^[15]	good	[ɡɪ̈d]	'good'	May be rounded [ʊ̈] instead;^[15] it corresponds to [ʊ] in other dialects. See English phonology
	London^[16]^[17]	lip	[lɪ̈ʔp]	'lip'	Possible realization of /ɪ/.^[16]^[17]
	South African^[18]		[lɨ̞p]		For some speakers it can be equal to [ə]. General and Broad varieties of SAE have an allophonic variation, with [ɪ] ([i] in Broad) occurring near velar and palatal consonants, and [ɨ̞~ə] elsewhere. See South African English phonology
	Southern American^[19]		[lɪ̈p]		Allophone of /ɪ/ before labial consonants, sometimes also in other environments.^[19]
	Southeastern English^[20]	rude	[ɹɨːd]	'rude'	May be rounded [ʉː], or a diphthong [ʊʉ̯~əʉ̯] instead.
Guaraní^[21]		yvy	[ɨʋɨ]	'earth'
Hausa^[22]		cin abinci	[t̠ʃin abɨnt̠ʃi]	'to eat'	Allophone of /i/.^[22]
Irish		goirt	[ɡɨ̞ɾˠtʲ]	'salty'	Allophone of /i/ between broad consonants. See Irish phonology
	Munster^[23]	caora	[kɨːɾˠə]	'sheep'	Allophone of /i/ between broad consonants.^[23] See Irish phonology
	Ulster^[24]	^{[example needed]}			Allophone of /ɪ/. Near-close.^[24]
Kalagan^[25]		[pɨˈnɨt̪]		'beard'
Kashmiri^[26]		ژٕنُن/tsünun	[t͡sɨnʊn]	'peach'
Kera^[27]		[ɡɨ̀ɡɨ̀r]		'knee'
Khmer		គិត/kīt	[kɨt]	'to think'	See Khmer phonology
Kurdish^[28]^[29]	Palewani (Southern)	کرماشان/kirmaşan	[cʰɨɾmäːʃäːn]	'kermanshah'	Equal to Kurmanji and Sorani [ɪ]. See Kurdish phonology
Latgalian^[30]		dyžan	[ˈd̪ɨʒän̪]	'very much'	See Latgalian phonology
Mah Meri^[31]		[d͡ʑäbɨ̞ʔ͡k̚]		'to be drunk'
Malay	Kelantan-Pattani	ngecat	[ŋɨ.caʔ]	'to paint'	See Kelantan-Pattani Malay
Mapudungun^[32]		müṉa	[mɘ̝ˈn̪ɐ̝]	'male cousin on father's side'	Unstressed allophone of /ɘ/.^[32]
Mongolian^[33]		хүчир/xüçir	[xutʃʰɨɾɘ̆]	'difficult'
Matis^[34]		[kɨˈnɨ]		'wall'
Mono^[35]		dɨ	[dɨ]	'count'
Paicî^[36]		^{[example needed]}			May be transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɯ⟩.
Romanian^[37]		înot	[ɨˈn̪o̞t̪]	'I swim'	See Romanian phonology
Russian^[38]		ты/ty	[t̪ɨ]^ⓘ	'you' (singular/informal)	Occurs only after unpalatalized consonants. Near-close when unstressed.^[38] See Russian phonology
Sahaptin^[39]		kʼsit	[kʼsɨt]	'cold'	Epenthetic. No lengthened equivalent
Sanumá^[40]		[taˈaɨ]		'to see'	The nasal version [ɨ̃] also occurs.^[41]
Sümi^[42]		sü	[ʃɨ̀]	'to hurt'	Described variously as close [ɨ]^[42] and near-close [ɨ̞].^[43]
Shipibo^[44]		tenaitianronki	[ˈt̪ɨnɐi̞ti̞ɐ̃ɽõ̞ɣi̞]	^{[translation needed]}	Possible realization of /ɯ/ after coronal consonants.^[44]
Sirionó^[45]		[eˈsɨ]		'dry wood'
Swedish	Bohuslän^[46]	bli	[blɨᶻː]	'to become'	A fricated vowel that corresponds to [iː] in Central Standard Swedish.^[46] See Swedish phonology
Swedish	Närke^[46]	bli	[blɨᶻː]	'to become'
Tajik	Bukharan^[47]	ġižġiž ғижғиж	[ʁɨʑʁɨʑ]	'the sound of wood sawing'	Allophone of /i/ in the environment of uvular consonants.^[47]
Tamil^[48]		vāli (வால்)	[väːlɨ]	'tail'	Epenthetic vowel inserted in colloquial speech after word-final liquids; can be rounded [ʉ] instead.^[48] See Tamil phonology
Tera^[49]		zu̱	[zɨ]	'said'
Tera^[49]		vu̱r	[vɨ̞r]	'to give'	Allophone of /ɨ/ in closed syllables.^[50]
Tsou^[51]		hahocngx, hahocngʉ	[ha.ˈho.t͡sŋɨ]	'man'	/ɨ/, with free variant [ʉ]. Used to be written as ⟨ʉ⟩, but changed to ⟨x⟩ for more convenient typing.^[51]
Tupi		ybytyra	[ɨβɨ'tɨɾa]	'mountain'	See Tupian Phonology
Turkish	Standard^[52]	sığ	[sɨː]	'shallow'	Also described as close back [ɯ]^[53] and near-close near-back [ɯ̽]^[54] Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɯ⟩. See Turkish phonology
Turkish	Balkans^[55]	^{[example needed]}			Word-final merger of standard Turkish sounds /i/ and /ɯ/, shift of /y/ and /u/ into single phoneme due to interactions caused by Balkan sprachbund. Dombrowski^[55] transcribes this phoneme as /i/.
Udmurt^[56]		urgetė, yrgjete/ургетэ, ыргетэ^[57]	[ɨrɡete]	'it growls'
Vietnamese^[58]		bưng	[ʔɓɨŋ˧˧]	'to carry'
Wayuu		paanüküin	[pa:nɨkɨinː]	'your mouth'
Welsh	Northern dialects^[59]	llun	[ɬɨːn]	'picture'	Close when long, near-close when short.^[59] Merges with /ɪ/ in southern dialects. See Welsh phonology
Welsh	Northern dialects^[59]	pump	[pɨ̞mp]	'five'
Yaeyama		pïtu	[pɨtu]	'person'
Zapotec	Tilquiapan^[60]	nɨ	[nɨ]	'be sour'

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Occurrence

See also

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