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The Turkish alphabet
Turkish alphabet

The Turkish alphabet is a Latin-based alphabet used for writing the Turkish language, consisting of 29 letters, a certain number of which have been adapted or modified for the phonetic requirements of the language....
, which is a variant of the Latin alphabet
Latin alphabet

The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. It evolved from the western variety of the Greek alphabet called the Cumae alphabet, and was initially developed by the Ancient Romes to write the Latin....
, includes two distinct versions of the letter I
I

I is the ninth Letter of the Latin alphabet. Its English language name is i ....
, one dotted and the other dotless.

I i is the letter which describes the close back unrounded vowel
Close back unrounded vowel

The close back 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 M....
 sound . Neither the upper nor the lower case version has a dot.

I i describes the variant close front unrounded vowel
Close front unrounded vowel

The close front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is i....
 sound . Both the upper and lower case versions have a dot.

Examples:






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The Turkish alphabet
Turkish alphabet

The Turkish alphabet is a Latin-based alphabet used for writing the Turkish language, consisting of 29 letters, a certain number of which have been adapted or modified for the phonetic requirements of the language....
, which is a variant of the Latin alphabet
Latin alphabet

The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. It evolved from the western variety of the Greek alphabet called the Cumae alphabet, and was initially developed by the Ancient Romes to write the Latin....
, includes two distinct versions of the letter I
I

I is the ninth Letter of the Latin alphabet. Its English language name is i ....
, one dotted and the other dotless.

I i is the letter which describes the close back unrounded vowel
Close back unrounded vowel

The close back 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 M....
 sound . Neither the upper nor the lower case version has a dot.

I i describes the variant close front unrounded vowel
Close front unrounded vowel

The close front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is i....
 sound . Both the upper and lower case versions have a dot.

Examples:
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul

    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
      (starts with an i sound, not an i).
  • Diyarbakir
    Diyarbakir

    Diyarbakir is the largest city in southeastern Turkey. Situated on the banks of the River Tigris, it is the seat of Diyarbakir Province, and has a population of 2.5 million....
      (the first and last vowels are spelled and pronounced differently)


In contrast, the Turkish alphabet uses the letter "j" (pronounced ) the same way as in other Latin scripts, with the tittle
Tittle

A tittle is a small distinguishing mark, such as a diacritic or the dot on a lowercase i or j. The tittle is an integral part of the glyph of i and j, but dot s can appear over other letters in various languages....
 only on the lower case character: J j.

Consequence for ligatures