Long I

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Roman inscription, ca. AD 100, showing long i's contrasting with apices on other vowels.

Long i, ⟨ꟾ⟩, transcribes a long i-vowel /iː/ in Latin. It stands in for the apex used on other the long vowels: á é ó v́ /aː uː/. An example is LV́CIꟾ·A·FꟾLIꟾ, which in modern rendition would be lūciī a fīliī, with a macron rather than apex to indicate vowel length.

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  • Davud J. Perry (2006-08-01). "Proposal to Add Additional Ancient Roman Characters to UCS" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-09-30.