EDIT Articulation

+ German [i:]
+ English [aɪ]

+ Source //
Mangold, Max. Duden. Das Aussprachewörterbuch. 6. Auflage. Bibliographisches
Institut F. A. Brockhaus AG: Mannheim, 2005.

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EDIT International Phonetic Alphabet

+ Cardinal Vowel no. 1
+ Example in English // evening [ˈiːvnɪŋ]
+ Sound example

+ Alternatives // unknown
+ Former versions // unknown
+ Origin // Latin alphabet, small letter

+ In the IPA since 1887
+ IPA number 301

+ This sound can be found in Arabic, Armenian, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Croatian, Dutch, English, Finnish, Georgian German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Sindhi, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.


Synonyms

English
+ Official name in the IPA // ›close front unrounded vowel‹
+ Nonstandard // closed ›i‹


+ Source //
Principles of the International Phonetic Association, London, 1949. /
Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 1989. /
Wikipedia. Die Liste der IPA-Zeichen & History of the International Phonetic Alphabet. /
Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. /
Pullum, Geoffrey and William A. Ladusaw. Phonetic Symbol Guide. Second edition.

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