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Primary glyph rendered below. Extend with historical alternates and transliteration metadata.
i
I (vowel or consonant I)
c. 100 BCE - 400 CE
I (vowel or consonant I)
Belongs to Classical Latin Alphabet.
Sound correspondences
Derived from the `correspondences` table. Each entry pairs the letter with a phoneme in a specific historical context.
I
short
j
consonantal
i
Vocalic /i/ (short) (e.g., 'mihi').
iː
Vocalic /iː/ (e.g., long vowel in "filius").
j
Consonantal /j/ before vowels (e.g., 'iam', 'Iulius').
/i/
as vowel