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{{short description|Latin letter I with ogonek}}
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{{Infobox grapheme
| name = I with ogonek
| letter = Į į
| variations =
| image = Latin letter I with ogonek.svg
| imageclass = skin-invert-image
| imagesize = 200px
| imagealt =
| script = [[Latin script]]
| type = alphabet
| language = [[Assiniboine language]], [[Lithuanian language]], [[Navajo language]], [[Osage language]], [[Winnebago language]]
| phonemes = {{IPA|[iː]}}, {{IPA|[ĩ]}}
| unicode = U+012E, U+012F
| alphanumber =
| number =
| fam1 =
| fam2 =
| usageperiod =
| children =
| sisters =
| equivalents = [[И̨]] [[и̨]], [[І]] [[і]]
| associates =
| direction = Left-to-Right
| typedesc = ic
}}
'''I with ogonek''' ([[Letter case|majuscule]]: '''Į''', [[Lower case|minuscule]]: '''į''') is a letter of the [[Latin script|Latin alphabet]] formed by addition of the [[ogonek]] to the letter [[I]]. It is used in [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], [[Western Apache language|Western Apache]], [[Chipewyan language|Chipewyan]], [[Mescalero-Chiricahua language|Mescalero-Chiricahua]], [[Muscogee language|Muscogee]], [[Dadibi language|Dadibi]], [[Dalecarlian language|Dalecarlian]], [[Gwichʼin language|Gwichʼin]], [[Hän language|Hän]], [[Iñapari language|Iñapari]], [[Kaska language|Kaska]], [[Navajo language|Navajo]], [[Sierra Otomi]], [[Sekani language|Sekani]], [[Tagish language|Tagish]], [[Tlingit language|Tlingit]], [[Tutchone language|Tutchone]], [[Winnebago language|Winnebago]], [[Assiniboine language|Assiniboine]], [[Mandan language|Mandan]], [[Osage language|Osage]], [[Tutelo language|Tutelo]], [[Catawba language|Catawba]], and [[Ixtlán Zapotec]].

== Usage ==
In [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], it is the 14th letter of the [[Lithuanian orthography|alphabet]], and is pronounced as [[vowel length|long]] [[close front unrounded vowel]] ([iː]). In the past, the letter was used to denote the [[nasalization|nasalized]] [[close front unrounded vowel]] ([ĩ]). Currently, it appears in the words that used to be nasalized in the past, for example in ''įkalnė'', which means ''uphill''.<ref name=lietpol>{{cite web|url=http://www.lietpol.eu/pl/wymowa.php|website=lietpol.eu|title=Wymowa|language=pl}}</ref>

{{angbr|Į}} was also used in the [[Khakas alphabet|Latin alphabet of the Khakas language]] between 1929–1939, representing the sound {{IPA|/ɘ/}}. The current Cyrillic alphabet uses the [[Dotted I (Cyrillic)|dotted I]] for the same sound.

The letter also appears in various [[indigenous languages of the Americas|Indigenous languages of North America]], which are: [[Western Apache language|Western Apache]], [[Chipewyan language|Chipewyan]], [[Mescalero-Chiricahua language|Mescalero-Chiricahua]], [[Muscogee language|Muscogee]], [[Dadibi language|Dadibi]], [[Dalecarlian language|Dalecarlian]], [[Gwichʼin language|Gwichʼin]], [[Hän language|Hän]], [[Iñapari language|Iñapari]], [[Kaska language|Kaska]], [[Navajo language|Navajo]], [[Sierra Otomi]], [[Sekani language|Sekani]], [[Tagish language|Tagish]], [[Tlingit language|Tlingit]], [[Tutchone language|Tutchone]], [[Winnebago language|Winnebago]], [[Assiniboine language|Assiniboine]], [[Mandan language|Mandan]], [[Osage language|Osage]], [[Tutelo language|Tutelo]], [[Catawba language|Catawba]], and [[Ixtlán Zapotec]]. In most of them, the letter represents the [[nasalization|nasalized]] [[close front unrounded vowel]] ([ĩ]).

== Encoding ==
{{charmap
| 012E | name1 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH OGONEK
| 012F | name2 = LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH OGONEK
}}

== References ==
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{{Latin script|I|ogonek}}
[[Category:Latin letters with diacritics]]
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