In most other languages, its name matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. The dot was added in medieval times to distinguish the letter from similar ones, such as a hastily written small c. The meaning of i is the 9th letter of the english alphabet
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From latin i, minuscule of i
I (lower case, upper case i, plural is or i's) the ninth letter of the english alphabet, called i and written in the latin script The english letter i represents many different sounds, often the diphthong /aɪ/ (from middle english /iː/), as in the pronoun i, or /ɪ/ as in b i t I (lower case, upper case i) From latin the capital letter came into english unchanged
The english small handwritten or printed i is the same sign as the capital except for a bottom curve and for a dot