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Close central unrounded vowel

The close central 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 ɨ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 1. The IPA symbol is the letter i with a horizontal bar. Both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as "barred-i".

Features

Its vowel height is close, which means the tongue is positioned as close as possible to the roof of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
Its vowel backness is central, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.
Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are spread.

Occurrence

/ɨ/ is a rare phoneme in most Indo-European languages. However, it's very common as a separate phoneme in the indigenous languages of the Americas and is often in phonemic contrast with other close vowels such as /i/ and /u/ both in modern living languages as well as reconstructed proto-languages (for example proto-Uto-Aztecan). identify the presence of this vowel phoneme as an areal feature of a Mesoamerican Sprachbund (although this isn't a defining feature of the entire area).

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Amharic		ሥር	[sɨr]	'root'	Often transcribed as <ə>
Angor		hüfı	[xɨβə]	'hot'
English		roses	[ˈɹoʊzɨz]	'roses'	Reduced vowel in some dialects; corresponds to unstressed [ɪ] in other dialects. See English phonology.
Guaraní		yvy	[ɨʋɨ]	'earth'
Irish		saol	[sɨɫ]	'life'	See Irish phonology
Kaingang		fy	[ɸɨ]	'seed'
Mapudungan		trukür	[tʴuˈkɨɹ]	'fog'	See Mapudungun phonology
Polish		mysz		'mouse'	See Polish phonology
Romanian		înspre	[ɨnspre]	'toward'	See Romanian phonology
Russian		ты	[tɨ]	'you' (singular)	Only occurs after unpalatalized nonvelar consonants. See Russian phonology
Sahaptin		[kʼsɨt]		'cold'
Sirionó		[eˈsɨ]		'dry wood'
Tupi		yby	[ɨβɨ]	'earth'
Võro		sysar	[sɨsarʲ]	'sister'
Welsh	Northern dialects	llun	[ɬɨːn]	'picture'

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