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Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Latin language
Phonetic usage	[i] [iː] [ɨ] [j] [ɪ] [ɯ] /aɪ/ (English variations)
Unicode codepoint	U+0049, U+0069
Alphabetical position	9
History
Development	Ιι 𐌉 I i
Time period	~-700 to present
Descendants	• Î  • J  • Ɉ  • İ ı  • Tittle  • ꟾ  • ꟷ  • ᛁ  • ᴉ
Sisters	І י ي ܝ ی ࠉ 𐎊 ዪ Ⴢ ⴢ ჲ ☞ ☚
Other
Other letters commonly used with	i(x), ij, i(x)(y)
Writing direction	Left-to-Right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

ISO basic Latin alphabet
AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz
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I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is i (pronounced /ˈaɪ/), plural ies.^{[1][better source needed]}