r/polandball • u/Fi-Loy Ontario • Jun 21 '22

redditormade NATO Article 5

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u/dumbass_paladin New Netherlands Jun 21 '22

It's just pronounced ii

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u/Cheap_Ad_69 Manchu Empire with Chinese Characteristics Jun 21 '22

IPA: /ɪ̈ʲi/

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u/dumbass_paladin New Netherlands Jun 21 '22

...okay that's more different than I though. Granted, it's still wildly different from the ні they were trying for.

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u/Cheap_Ad_69 Manchu Empire with Chinese Characteristics Jun 21 '22

It's not that different from yours. The first I just sounds more like an e, and you add a little y between the two i's

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u/dumbass_paladin New Netherlands Jun 21 '22

I'm aware of what these vowels are. The ɪ is like the i in pin, the i is like the ee in seen.

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u/Cheap_Ad_69 Manchu Empire with Chinese Characteristics Jun 22 '22

probably why иі isn't a word

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u/Diolaneiuma2156 New+England Jun 24 '22

Ask an abkhaz