Near-close near-front unrounded vowel

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	front	near-front	central	near-back	back
Vowels

close	i • y		ɨ • ʉ		ɯ • u
near-close		ɪ • ʏ		ʊ
close-mid	e • ø		ɘ • ɵ		ɤ • o
mid			ə
open-mid	ɛ • œ		ɜ • ɞ		ʌ • ɔ
near-open	æ		ɐ
open	a • ɶ				ɑ • ɒ

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The near-close near-front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {}, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is I. The IPA symbol is a small capital letter I.

Features

Its vowel height is near-open, which means the tongue is positioned similarly to a close vowel, but slightly less constricted.
Its vowel backness is near-front, which means the tongue is positioned as in a front vowel, but slightly further back in the mouth.
Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.

Occurs in

English: (RP, GA and AuE) bit
German: bitte , 'please'
Hungarian: itt , 'here'