| Ini | |
| Letter: | Ի ի |
| Imagealt: | Upper and lower case of letter ini |
| Script: | Armenian alphabet |
| Type: | Alphabet |
| Typedesc: | ic |
| Language: | Armenian language |
| Phonemes: | pronounced as /ink/ |
| Unicode: | U+53B, U+56B |
| Alphanumber: | 11 |
| Number: | 20 |
| Usageperiod: | 405 to present |
Ini (uppercase: Ի, lowercase: ի; Armenian: ինի) is a letter of the Armenian alphabet, used in the Armenian language.
It was developed, together with most of other letters, by Mesrop Mashtots, the creator of the alphabet, between 405 and 406.[1]
The letter is used in the Armenian language, where it corresponds to the close front unrounded vowel sound ([i]).[2] In English, it is transliterated as letter I.[3] In Armenian numeral system, the letter corresponds to number 20.[4] The lowercase is like the lowercase H, but its left leg is longer.