The i phoneme is used for the reduced i sound in e.g. happy (/h'api/). Thus, the following words contrast: word eSpeak IPA happy /h'api/ /hˈapi/ been /b'i:n/ /bˈiːn/ bin /b'In/ /bˈɪn/ Before this change, /h'api/ would be transcribed in IPA as /hˈapɪ/ which is wrong. After this change, it is transcribed correctly.master
phoneme i // optional variant of [I] for end of words | phoneme i // optional variant of [I] for end of words | ||||
vowel starttype #i endtype #i | vowel starttype #i endtype #i | ||||
ipa ɪ | |||||
ipa i | |||||
length 140 | length 140 | ||||
IfNextVowelAppend(;) | IfNextVowelAppend(;) | ||||
FMT(vowel/ii_7) | FMT(vowel/ii_7) |