{{For|letter from Georgian scripts|Ini (Georgian letter)}} {{short description|Letter of the Armenian alphabet}} {{Infobox grapheme |name=Ini |letter= Ի ի |variations= |image=Armenian letter Ini.svg |imagesize=200px |imagealt=Upper and lower case of letter ini |script=Armenian alphabet |type=Alphabet |typedesc=ic |language=Armenian language |phonemes={{IPAlink|i}} |unicode=U+053B, U+056B |alphanumber=11 |number=20 |usageperiod=405 to present |equivalents=I }} '''Ini''' (uppercase: '''Ի''', lowercase: '''ի'''; Armenian: ''ինի'') is the eleventh letter of the Armenian alphabet, used in the Armenian language.
== History == It was developed, together with most of other letters, by Mesrop Mashtots, the creator of the alphabet, between 405 and 406.<ref>Aleksandra Krawczuka (edditor): ''Wielka Historia Świata'', vol. 3. ''Świat okresu cywilizacji klasycznych.'' Oficyna Wydawnicza FOGRA, 2005, p. 586. ISBN 83-85719-84-9.</ref>
== Usage == The letter is used in the Armenian language, where it corresponds to the close front unrounded vowel sound ([i]).<ref name=one>Takayuki Yoshimura. ''[http://repository.tufs.ac.jp/bitstream/10108/95079/1/2013arumenian1.pdf Modern Eastern Armenian Grammar I] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026012201/http://repository.tufs.ac.jp/bitstream/10108/95079/1/2013arumenian1.pdf |date=2021-10-26 }}''. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2021. p. 1, 12.</ref> In English, it is transliterated as letter I.<ref>[http://transliteration.eki.ee/pdf/Armenian.pdf Transliteration of Armenian] by Thomas T. Pedersen, in KNAB (''Kohanimeandmebaas'', Place Names Database) of ''Eesti Keele Instituut'' (Institute of the Estonian Language).</ref> In Armenian numeral system, the letter corresponds to number 20.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Numbers in Armenian|url=https://omniglot.com/language/numbers/armenian.htm|access-date=2020-10-12|website=omniglot.com}}</ref> The lowercase is like the lowercase H, but its left leg is longer.
==Gallery== thumb|Various historic fonts|503x503px <gallery> Ի երկաթագիր (V-IX դդ.).svg|Rounded Erkat'agir Ի գրչագիր V X.svg|Angular Erkat'agir Ի բոլորգիր (XIII-XVII դդ.).svg|Bolorgir Ի նոտրգիր.svg|Notrgir Ի_շղագիր_(XII-XX_դդ.).svg|Shghagir Armenian letter Ini.svg|Typographic form Ի handwritten.svg|Handwritten form </gallery>
==Computing codes== {{charmap | 053B | name1 = ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER INI | 056B | name2 = ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER INI }}
== References == {{reflist}} {{Armenian letters}} Category:Armenian letters