LoginHow to Pronounce the /ɪ/ Sound
In this lesson, we are going to learn how the sound /ɪ/ is produced by looking at the articulatory organs.
What Type of Sound Is /ɪ/?
/ɪ/ is similar to the /i/ but always shorter. It sounds somehow between /i/ and /e/.
How to Produce /ɪ/?
To produce it, as you see in the picture, lower your jaw, and open your mouth slightly, and stretch out the corner of your lips just a little bit as if you are smiling. Notice that the lips are ungrounded. As you can see in the picture, the mouth is slightly more open than when producing the /iː/ sound. However, note that when saying /ɪ/ your lips are wider than when saying the /e/ sound.
/ɪ/ Around the World
As you see in the table below, most of the common languages around the world do not have this sound; therefore you will need a little practice to produce it.
Existence | Example | |
|---|---|---|
Mandarin | x | - |
Spanish | x | - |
Hindi | ✔ | जितना |
Bengali | x | - |
Portuguese | x | - |
Russian | ✔ | лиса́ |
Japanese | x | - |
Vietnamese | x | - |
Turkish | x | - |
French | x | - |
German | ✔ | ist |
Italian | x | - |
Persian | x | - |
Standard Arabic | x | - |
Korean | x | - |
Indonesian | x | - |
Filipino | ✔ | iták |
Hungarian | x | - |
Dutch | ✔ | vis |
Polish | x | - |
Romanian | x | - |
Swedish* | ✔ | sill |
Czech | ✔ | byl |
Greek | x | - |
Ukrainian | ✔ | ми́ша |
Urdu | ✔ | جِتنا |
* Sweden Swedish has this sound.
Listening
Let us listen to the pronunciation of the /ɪ/ sound which has been mentioned below:
Down below, there are two other sounds similar to the /ɪ/ sound. At first, listen to the /e/ sound and then listen to the /i/ sound:
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