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Small capital I is an additional letter of the Latin alphabet similar in its dimensions to the letter "i" but with a shape based on ⟨I⟩, its capital form. Although ⟨ɪ⟩ is usually an allograph of the letter I,[which?] it is considered as an additional letter in the African reference alphabet and has been used as such in some publications in the Kulango languages in Côte d'Ivoire in the 1990s. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the lowercase small capital I /ɪ/ is used as the symbol for the near-close near-front unrounded vowel, like the letter i in the word "fit".
Encoding
Until Unicode 8.0.0 (2015), uppercase I with crossbars was not yet encoded. To fill out the gap, a number of fonts contained a non-standard glyph, or used a code point from Private Use Area of Unicode. But this oddity has gone since the 9.0 version of Unicode (2016).
- Unicode:
- Capital Ɪ: U+A7AE Ɪ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SMALL CAPITAL I since Unicode 9.0.0 (2016)
- Lowercase ɪ: U+026A ɪ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL I since Unicode 1.0
- ISO 6438:
- Capital Ɪ: missing
- Lowercase ɪ: 0x
BF
Glyphs
In serif (and some other) typefaces the letter "ɪ" usually has two crossbars, which distinguishes it from the lowercase "ı" (dotless I), otherwise homoglyphical, but whose upper serif has another configuration.
Bibliography
- Pascal Boyeldieu, Stefan Elders, Gudrun Miehe. 2008. Grammaire koulango (parler de Bouna, Côte d’Ivoire). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. ISBN 978-3-89645-610-6.
- Diocèse de Bondoukou Nassian. 1992. Syllabaire koulango: réservé aux élèves des cours bibliques en Koulango (Inspiré par les syllabaires de la Société Internationale de Linguistique, collection: « Je lis ma langue », Nouvelles Éditions Africaines / EDICEF). Nassian: Diocèse de Bondoukou.
- Ahoua, F., & Adouakou, S. (2009). Parlons agni indénié. Côte d’Ivoire. Paris: L’Harmattan.
- UNESCO. 1980. Alphabet africain de référence. Paris: UNESCO, Secteur de la Culture et de la Communication.
This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ɪ news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Small capital I is an additional letter of the Latin alphabet similar in its dimensions to the letter i but with a shape based on I its capital form Although ɪ is usually an allograph of the letter I which it is considered as an additional letter in the African reference alphabet and has been used as such in some publications in the Kulango languages in Cote d Ivoire in the 1990s In the International Phonetic Alphabet the lowercase small capital I ɪ is used as the symbol for the near close near front unrounded vowel like the letter i in the word fit Examples of I both majuscule and small caps with crossbars EncodingUntil Unicode 8 0 0 2015 uppercase I with crossbars was not yet encoded To fill out the gap a number of fonts contained a non standard glyph or used a code point from Private Use Area of Unicode But this oddity has gone since the 9 0 version of Unicode 2016 Unicode Capital Ɪ U A7AE Ɪ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SMALL CAPITAL I since Unicode 9 0 0 2016 Lowercase ɪ U 026A ɪ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL I since Unicode 1 0 ISO 6438 Capital Ɪ missing Lowercase ɪ 0xBFGlyphsIn serif and some other typefaces the letter ɪ usually has two crossbars which distinguishes it from the lowercase i dotless I otherwise homoglyphical but whose upper serif has another configuration BibliographyPascal Boyeldieu Stefan Elders Gudrun Miehe 2008 Grammaire koulango parler de Bouna Cote d Ivoire Koln Rudiger Koppe ISBN 978 3 89645 610 6 Diocese de Bondoukou Nassian 1992 Syllabaire koulango reserve aux eleves des cours bibliques en Koulango Inspire par les syllabaires de la Societe Internationale de Linguistique collection Je lis ma langue Nouvelles Editions Africaines EDICEF Nassian Diocese de Bondoukou Ahoua F amp Adouakou S 2009 Parlons agni indenie Cote d Ivoire Paris L Harmattan UNESCO 1980 Alphabet africain de reference Paris UNESCO Secteur de la Culture et de la Communication
