What is Dotted and dotless I?
[[File:Dotted_and_dotless_I.svg|right|thumb|128x128px|Dotless and dotted I's in [[capital letter|capital]] and [[Letter case|lower case]].]] '''Dotted and dotless ''I''''' are two different [[letter]]s in the [[Turkish alphabet]]. One of them ('''İ, i''') has a [[dot]] above it and the other ('''I, ı''') does not. This is true in both the capital and lower case forms of the letters (see the picture). The dotless I has the {{IPA|/ɯ/}} sound, while the dotted İ has the {{IPA|/i/}} sound. To show how they are [[Pronunciation|pronounced]], here are two examples: * ''[[Istanbul|İstanbul]]'' {{IPA|/isˈtanbuɫ/}} (starts with an '''i''' sound, not an '''ı'''). * ''[[Diyarbakır]]'' {{IPA|/dijaɾˈbakɯɾ/}} (the first and last vowels are spelled and pronounced differently) Some of the other [[Turkic languages]] that use the [[Latin script]], like [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]] and [[Tatar language|Tatar]], also use both kinds of I. But in all these languages, including Turkish, the letter ''j'' does not have a dotted or dotless form, with a dot only on the lower case character ('''J, j'''), just like in the [[Indo-European languages]]. However, a dotless j, [[Dotless j|ȷ]], does exist in [[Unicode]]. [[Category:Vowel letters|I]] [[Category:Turkic languages]] [[Category:Latin letters with diacritics|I]]