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{{Indic glyph |letname = I |previousletter = Aa |nextletter = Ii


|devacp = 0907 |deva2cp = 093F |devaimg = Devanagari i.svg |deva2img = Devanagari i sign.png
|bengcp = 0987 |beng2cp = 09BF |bengimg = Bengali Letter I.svg

|gurucp = 0A07 |gujrcp = 0A87 |oryacp = 0B07 |tamlcp = 0B87 |tamlimg = Tamil-alphabet-இஇ.svg
|guru2cp = 0A3F |gujr2cp = 0ABF |orya2cp = 0B3F |taml2cp = 0BBF

|telucp = 0C07 |kndacp = 0C87 |mlymcp = 0D07
|telu2cp = 0C3F |knda2cp = 0CBF |mlym2cp = 0D3F

|sinhcp = 0D89 |mymrcp = 1023
|sinh2cp = 0DD2 |thaicp = 0E34 |laoocp = 0EB4 |tibtimg = Tibetan I mark.svg |tibtcp = 0F72 |tibt2cp = 0F80 |mymr2cp = 102D

|tglgcp = 1701 |hanocp = 1721 |buhdcp = 1741 |tagbcp = 1761
|tglg2cp = 1712 |hano2cp = 1732 |buhd2cp = 1752 |tagb2cp = 1772

|khmrcp = 17A5 |talecp = 1964 |lanacp = 1A4D
|khmr2cp = 17B7 |limbcp = 1921 |bugi2cp = 1A17 |lana2cp = 1A65

|balicp = 1B07 |sundcp = 1B84 |batkcp = 1BE4 |sylocp = A801 |phagcp = A85E |saurcp = A884
|bali2cp = 1B36 |sund2cp = 1BA4 |lepccp = 1C27 |batk2cp = 1BEA |sylo2cp = A824 |saur2cp = A8B6

|kalicp = A924 |javacp = A986 |chamcp = AA01 |tavtcp = AAB2
|rjngcp = A947 |java2cp = A9B6 |cham2cp = AA2A |mteicp = ABE4

|kthicp = 11085 |soracp = 110E4 |cakmcp = 11104
|kharcp = 10A01 |kthi2cp = 110B1 |cakm2cp = 11128

|mahjcp = 11151 |shrdcp = 11185 |khojcp = 11202 |sindcp = 112B2 |grancp = 11307
|shrd2cp = 111B4 |khoj2cp = 1122D |sind2cp = 112E1 |gran2cp = 1133F

|tirhcp = 11483 |siddcp = 11582 |modicp = 11602 |takrcp = 11682
|tirh2cp = 114B1 |sidd2cp = 115B0 |modi2cp = 11631 |takr2cp = 116AE

|brahcp = 11007 |kushanaimg = Gupta ashoka i.svg | guptaimg = Gupta allahabad i.svg | ashokaimg = Brahmi i.svg |brahletname = Brahmi 'I'
|brah2cp = 1103A |ashoka2img = Brahmi i sign.svg |brah2letname = Brahmi 'I'

|tochimg = |toch2img =

|siddimg = Siddham i.svg |siddletname = Siddhaṃ 'I'
|sidd2img = Siddham i halfmark 1.svg |sidd2letname = Siddhaṃ 'I'

|ipa = i |iast = i |iscii = A6 |iscii2 = DB


|multcp = 11281 |newacp = 11402 |dogrcp = 11802 |diakcp = 11902 |nandcp = 119A2 |pauccp = 11AD7 |bhkscp = 11C02 |gonmcp = 11D02 |gongcp = 11D62

|newa2cp = 11436 |ahomcp = 11722 |dogr2cp = 1182D |diak2cp = 11931 |nand2cp = 119D2 |zanbcp = 11A01 |soyocp = 11A51 |bhks2cp = 11C30 |marccp = 11CB1 |gonm2cp = 11D32 |gong2cp = 11D8B |makacp = 11EF3
}}

'''I''' is a vowel of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, I is derived from the early "[[Ashoka]]" Brahmi letter [[Image:Brahmi i.svg|13px|ng]] after having gone through the [[Gupta script|Gupta]] letter [[File:Gupta allahabad i.svg|13px]]. As an Indic vowel, "I" comes in two normally distinct forms: 1) as an independent letter, and 2) as a vowel sign for modifying a base consonant. Bare consonants without a modifying vowel sign have the inherent "A" vowel.

==Āryabhaṭa numeration==

{{further|Āryabhaṭa numeration}}

[[Aryabhata]] used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the [[Greek numerals]], even after the invention of [[Indian numerals]]. The "I" sign was used to modify a consonant's value {{e|2}}, but the independent vowel letter did not have an inherent value by itself.<ref name="Ifrah">{{cite book|last=Ifrah|first=Georges|title=The Universal History of Numbers. From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer|url=https://archive.org/details/universalhistory00ifra|url-access=limited|year=2000|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=New York|isbn=0-471-39340-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/universalhistory00ifra/page/n468 447]–450}}</ref>

==Historic I==
There are three different general early historic scripts - [[Brahmi script|Brahmi]] and its variants, [[Kharosthi|Kharoṣṭhī]], and [[Tocharian alphabet|Tocharian]], the so-called ''slanting Brahmi''. I as found in standard [[Brahmi]], [[Image:Brahmi i.svg|13px|I]] was a simple geometric shape, with variations toward more flowing forms by the Gupta [[Image:Gupta allahabad i.svg|13px|I]]. Like all Brahmic scripts, Tocharian I [[Image:Tocharian letter i.gif|18px|I]] has an accompanying vowel mark for modifying a base consonant. In Kharoṣṭhī, the only independent vowel letter is for the inherent A. All other independent vowels, including I are indicated with vowel marks added to the letter A.

===Brahmi I===

The Brahmi letter [[Image:Brahmi i.svg|13px|I]], I, is [[Brahmi script#origin|probably derived]] from the altered Aramaic [[Ayin]] [[File:Ayin.svg|13px]], and is thus related to the modern Latin [[O]] and Greek [[Omicron]].<ref name="Buhler">{{cite web |last1=Bühler |first1=Georg |title=On the Origin of the Indian Brahmi Alphabet |url=https://archive.org/details/onoriginofindian00bhuoft/page/n3/mode/2up |website=archive.org |publisher=Karl J. Trübner |accessdate=10 June 2020}}</ref> Several identifiable styles of writing the Brahmi I can be found, most associated with a specific set of inscriptions from an artifact or diverse records from an historic period.<ref>[[:File:Brahmi script consonants according to James Prinsep March 1838.jpg|Evolutionary chart]], Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol 7, 1838 [https://archive.org/stream/journalofasiatic775asia#page/n101]</ref> As the earliest and most geometric style of Brahmi, the letters found on the [[Edicts of Ashoka]] and other records from around that time are normally the reference form for Brahmi letters, with vowel marks not attested until later forms of Brahmi back-formed to match the geometric writing style.

{|class="wikitable"
|+Brahmi I historic forms
|-
!Ashoka ([[Brahmi script#Early Brahmi or "Ashokan Brahmi" (3rd-1st century BCE)|3rd-1st c. BCE]]) !! Girnar (~150 BCE) !! Kushana ([[Brahmi script#Middle Brahmi or "Kushana Brahmi" (1st–3rd centuries CE)|~150-250 CE]]) !! Gujarat (~250 CE) !! Gupta ([[Gupta script|~350 CE]])
|-
| [[File:Brahmi i.svg|37px]] || [[Image:Gupta girnar i.svg|37px]] || [[Image:Gupta ashoka i.svg|37px]] || [[Image:Gupta gujarat i.svg|37px]] || [[Image:Gupta allahabad i.svg|37px]]
|}

===Tocharian I===

The Tocharian letter [[Image:Tocharian letter i.gif|25px|I]] is derived from the Brahmi [[Image:Brahmi i.svg|13px|I]]. Unlike some of the consonants, Tocharian vowels do not have a [[Tocharian alphabet#Script|Fremdzeichen]] form.

{|class="wikitable"
|+Tocharian consonants with I vowel marks
|-
! Ki !! Khi !! Gi !! Ghi !! Ci !! Chi !! Ji !! Jhi !! Nyi !! Ṭi !! Ṭhi !! Ḍi !! Ḍhi !! Ṇi
|-
| [[File:Tocharian letter ki.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter khi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter gi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter ghi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter ci.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter chi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter ji.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter jhi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter nyi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter tti.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter tthi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter ddi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter ddhi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter nni.gif|37px]]
|-
! Ti !! Thi !! Di !! Dhi !! Ni !! Pi !! Phi !! Bi !! Bhi !! Mi !! Yi !! Ri !! Li !! Vi
|-
| [[File:Tocharian letter ti.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter thi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter di.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter dhi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter ni.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter pi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter phi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter bi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter bhi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter mi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter yi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter ri.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter li.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter vi.gif|37px]]
|-
! Śi !! Ṣi !! Si !! Hi
|-
| [[File:Tocharian letter shi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter ssi.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter si.gif|37px]] || [[File:Tocharian letter hi.gif|37px]]
|}

===Kharoṣṭhī I===

The Kharoṣṭhī letter I is indicated with the vowel mark [[File:Буква I (залежний знак). Письмо кхароштхі. Kharoshthi vowel sign I.svg|15px|I]]. As an independent vowel, I is indicated by adding the vowel marks to the independent vowel letter [[A (Indic)#Kharoṣṭhī A|A]] [[File:Буква А (незалежний знак). Письмо кхароштхі. Kharoshthi letter A.svg|15px|A]].

==Devanagari I==
{{main|Devanagari i}}

{{multiple image
| width = 100px
| image1 = Devanagari i.svg
| alt1 = I vowel
| image2 = Devanagari i sign.png
| alt2 = I vowel sign
| footer = Devanagari independent I and I vowel sign.
}}
'''I''' ('''इ''') is a vowel of the [[Devanagari]] [[abugida]]. It ultimately arose from the [[Brahmi]] letter [[Image:Brahmi i.svg|13px|I]], after having gone through the [[Gupta script|Gupta]] letter [[File:Gupta allahabad i.svg|13px|I]]. Letters that derive from it are the [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]] letter '''ઇ''', and the [[Modi alphabet|Modi]] letter 𑘂.

===Devanagari Using Languages===
The Devanagari script is used to write the [[Hindi language]], [[Sanskrit]] and the majority of [[Indic languages]]. In most of these languages, इ is pronounced as {{IPA-hi|i|}}. Like all Indic scripts, Devanagari vowels come in two forms: an independent vowel form for syllables that begin with a vowel sound, and a vowel sign attached to base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel. 

==Bengali I==
{{main|i (Bengali)}}
{{multiple image
| width = 100px
| image1 = Bengali Letter {{#if:i|{{#invoke:string2|title|i}}}}.svg
| alt1 = I vowel
| image2 = Bengali {{#if:i|{{#invoke:string2|title|i}}}} vowel sign.svg
| alt2 = I vowel sign
| footer = Bengali independent I and I vowel sign.
}}

'''I''' ('''ই''') is a vowel of the [[Bengali script|Bengali]] [[abugida]]. It is derived from the [[Siddhaṃ]] letter [[Image:Siddham i.svg|13px|I]], and is marked by a similar horizontal head line, but less geometric shape, than its Devanagari counterpart, इ.

===Bengali Script Using Languages===
The Bengali script is used to write several languages of eastern India, notably the [[Bengali language]] and [[Assamese language|Assamese]]. In most languages, ই is pronounced as {{IPA-bn|i|}}. Like all Indic scripts, Bengali vowels come in two forms: an independent vowel form for syllables that begin with a vowel sound, and a vowel sign attached to base consonant to override the inherent /ɔ/ vowel. 

==Gujarati I==
{{multiple image
| width = 100px
| image1 = Gujarati vowel I.svg
| alt1 = I vowel
| image2 = Gujarati vowel sign I.svg
| alt2 = I vowel sign
| footer = Gujarati independent I and I vowel sign.
}}
'''I''' ('''ઇ''') is a vowel of the [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]] [[abugida]]. It is derived from the Devanagari I [[Image:Devanagari i.svg|13px|i]], and ultimately the [[Brahmi]] letter [[Image:Brahmi i.svg|13px|i]].

===Gujarati-using Languages===
The Gujarati script is used to write the [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]] languages. In both languages, ઇ is pronounced as {{IPA-gu|i|}}. Like all Indic scripts, Gujarati vowels come in two forms: an independent vowel form for syllables that begin with a vowel sound, and a vowel sign attached to base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel.

==Javanese I==
{{main|I (Javanese)}}

==Telugu I==
{{multiple image
| width = 100px
| image1 = Telugu vowel I.svg
| alt1 = Telugu independent vowel I
| image2 = Telugu I vowel sign.svg
| alt2 = Telugu vowel sign I
| footer = Telugu independent vowel and vowel sign I.
}}
'''I''' ('''ఇ''') is a vowel of the [[Telugu script|Telugu]] [[abugida]]. It ultimately arose from the [[Brahmi]] letter [[Image:Brahmi i.svg|13px|I]]. It is closely related to the [[Kannada script|Kannada]] letter '''ಇ'''. Like in other Indic scripts, Telugu vowels have two forms: and independent letter for word and syllable-initial vowel sounds, and a vowel sign for changing the inherent "a" of Telugu consonant letters. Vowel signs in Telugu can interact with a base consonant in one of three ways: 1) the vowel sign touches or sits adjacent to the base consonant without modifying the shape of either 2) the vowel sign sits directly above the consonant, replacing its v-shaped headline, 3) the vowel sign and consonant interact, forming a ligature.

[[File:Telugu I matra.svg|thumb|center|550px|Telugu I vowel sign on క, ఖ, గ, ఘ & ఙ: Ki, Khi, Gi, Ghi and Ngi. Note that how the vowel sign interacts with the base consonant is dependent on the location of the headline, the absence of a headline, and the presence of a tail to attach to.]]

==Malayalam I==
{{multiple image
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| image1 = Malayalam vowel I.svg
| alt1 = Malayalam independent vowel I
| image2 = Malayalam vowel sign I.svg
| alt2 = Malayalam vowel sign I
| footer = Malayalam independent vowel and vowel sign I.
}}
'''I''' ('''ഇ''') is a vowel of the [[Malayalam script|Malayalam]] [[abugida]]. It ultimately arose from the [[Brahmi]] letter [[Image:Brahmi i.svg|13px|I]], via the [[Grantha script|Grantha]] letter [[Image:Grantha vowel I.svg|x15px|I]] ''i''. Like in other Indic scripts, Malayalam vowels have two forms: an independent letter for word and syllable-initial vowel sounds, and a vowel sign for changing the inherent "a" of consonant letters. Vowel signs in Malayalam usually sit adjacent to its base consonant - below, to the left, right, or both left and right, but are always pronounced after the consonant sound.

==Odia I==
{{multiple image
| width = 100px
| image1 = Odia vowel i.svg
| alt1 = Odia independent vowel I
| image2 = Odia vowel sign i.svg
| alt2 = Odia vowel sign I
| image3 = Odia subjoined vowel sign i.svg
| alt3 = Odia subjoined vowel sign I
| footer = Odia independent vowel, vowel sign, and subjoined vowel sign I.
}}
'''I''' ('''ଇ''') is a vowel of the [[Odia script|Odia]] [[abugida]]. It ultimately arose from the [[Brahmi]] letter [[Image:Brahmi i.svg|13px|I]], via the [[Siddhaṃ script|Siddhaṃ]] letter [[Image:Siddham i.svg|x15px|I]] ''i''. Like in other Indic scripts, Odia vowels have two forms: an independent letter for word and syllable-initial vowel sounds, and a vowel sign for changing the inherent "a" of consonant letters. Vowel signs in Odia usually sit adjacent to its base consonant - below, to the left, right, or both left and right, but are always pronounced after the consonant sound. No base consonants are altered in form when adding a vowel sign, and there are no consonant+vowel ligatures in Odia. Unlike other vowels, ଇ has an alternate subjoined matra form used on letters with an open top - ଖ ([[Kha (Indic)#Odia Kha|Kha]]), ଥ ([[Tha (Indic)#Odia Tha|Tha]]) and ଧ ([[Dha (Indic)#Odia Dha|Dha]]).


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==References==
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