Spanish letter i ![Includes sound files!](../../../../images/Paul%20Joyce/soundmin2.gif)
This letter can exhibit two sounds: /j/ (Voiced Palatal Approximant) and /i/ (Front Close Vowel)
The palatal approximant can in many cases be considered the semivocalic equivalent of the close front unrounded vowel [i]. The two are almost identical featurally. They alternate with each other in certain languages.
And it occurs when the 'i' is not stressed and before or after 'a', 'e', 'o'; and before 'u'
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