Dotted I (Cyrillic)

The Cyrillic soft-dotted letter і was derived from the Greek letter iota (Ι ι). The dot came later with some typefaces through Western European influence, which similarly affected other Cyrillic letters such as а and е. The name of this letter in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was (i), meaning "and". In the Cyrillic numeral system, soft-dotted І had a value of 10. In the early Cyrillic alphabet, there was little or no distinction between the Cyrillic letter И, derived from the Greek letter eta, and the soft-dotted letter і. They both remained in the alphabetical repertoire, since they represented different numbers in the Cyrillic numeral system, eight and ten, respectively. They are, therefore, sometimes referred to as octal I and decimal I. == Usage ==

Summary Rules for usage in Russian (pre-1918) of 1918, a 1 key was added. • ⟨і⟩ was used before all vowels and before the semivowel ⟨й⟩ except at the end of a morpheme in a compound word, where ⟨и⟩ was used. So англійскій (English) used ⟨і⟩, but пяти + акровый = пятиакровый (five-acre) used ⟨и⟩. • ⟨и⟩ was used as the last letter of a word and before consonants except in міръ for "world, universe, local community, commons, society, laity" (and words derived from it) to differentiate from миръ ("peace"). Since 1918, both are spelled мир. • In a few words derived from Greek, use was derived etymologically based upon whether iota or eta was in the original Greek: Іисусъ "Jesus", from Greek Ιησούς, now written Иисус; also Іванъ from Ἰωάννης, now written Иван. However, since the middle of the 18th century loanwords came to be spelled according to the general rule: Іоаннъ but Иванъ, Никита (instead of Нікита), Филиппъ (instead of Філіппъ). According to critics of the 1918 reform, the choice of Ии as the only letter to represent that side and the removal of Іі defeated the purpose of "simplifying" the language, as Ии occupies more space and, furthermore, is sometimes indistinguishable from Шш. The reform also created several homographs, which used to be spelled differently. Examples: есть/ѣсть (to be/eat) and миръ/міръ (peace/the Universe) became есть and мир in both instances. Usage in other languages In Macedonian, this letter, or the letter Й, was used by Macedonian authors to represent the sound /j/ until the introduction of the letter Ј. In Romanian the letter was used until 1860s when it gradually switched to modern Latin-based alphabet. In Bulgarian the letter was used until 1878, while in Ossetian it was used until 1923. This letter is currently in use in Belarusian, Kazakh, Khakas, Komi, Carpathian Rusyn and Ukrainian, where it usually represents the sound /i/ (in Kazakh and Khakas, /ɘ/). It is the tenth letter in Belarusian, the twelfth in Carpathian Rusyn and Ukrainian, the thirty-eighth in Kazakh and the eleventh in Komi. Dotted I with curve at bottom Dotted I with curve at bottom (), also known as Bashkir Dha, is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It was once used in the Bashkir alphabet. == Computing codes ==

This article is mainly about the Cyrillic Dotted I, this is the computing codes for Cyrillic Dotted I and not the Cyrillic Dotted I with curve at bottom. == Related letters and other similar characters ==

• 1 : Digit One • Ι ι : Greek letter Iota • I i : Latin letter I • İ i : Latin letter dotted I • I ı : Latin letter dotless I • И и : Cyrillic letter I another letter that is romanized as I • Ї ї : Cyrillic letter Yi • Й й : Cyrillic letter Short I • Ј ј : Cyrillic letter Je • Ӏ ӏ : Cyrillic letter Palochka • Ꙇ ꙇ : Cyrillic letter Iota == External links ==