Ini (uppercase: Ի, lowercase: ի; Armenian: ինի) is the eleventh letter of the Armenian alphabet, used in the Armenian language. It has a numerical value of 20 in the Armenian numeral system.
History It was developed, together with most of other letters, by Mesrop Mashtots, the creator of the alphabet, between 405 and 406.Aleksandra Krawczuka (edditor): Wielka Historia Świata, vol. 3. Świat okresu cywilizacji klasycznych. Oficyna Wydawnicza FOGRA, 2005, p. 586. ISBN 83-85719-84-9.
Usage The letter is used in the Armenian language, where it corresponds to the close front unrounded vowel sound ([i]).Takayuki Yoshimura. Modern Eastern Armenian Grammar I . Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2021. p. 1, 12. It is romanized as letter I.Transliteration of Armenian by Thomas T. Pedersen, in KNAB (Kohanimeandmebaas, Place Names Database) of Eesti Keele Instituut (Institute of the Estonian Language). In Armenian numeral system, the letter corresponds to number 20. The lowercase is like the lowercase H, but its left leg is longer.
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