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Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Ι" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99" title="Ι – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Ι" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99" title="Ι – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Ι" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="إيوتا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إيوتا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99" title="Ι – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="Ι" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE" title="আইওটা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আইওটা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99" title="Ι – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ι" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Іота – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Іота" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%81%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Ёта – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Ёта" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Йота – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Йота" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A8%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%90%E0%BC%8D" title="ཨའོ་ཐ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཨའོ་ཐ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota_(lizherenn)" title="Iota (lizherenn) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Iota (lizherenn)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%B3ta" title="Ióta – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ióta" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jota" title="Jota – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Jota" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99" title="Ι – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Ι" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioota" title="Ioota – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ioota" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%8E%CF%84%CE%B1" title="Ιώτα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ιώτα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99" title="Ι – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ι" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joto" title="Joto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Joto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yota" title="Yota – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Yota" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7_(%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%81)" title="یوتا (حرف) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="یوتا (حرف)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%B3ta" title="Ióta – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Ióta" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99" title="Ι – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Ι" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99" title="Ι – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="Ι" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%A1_(%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%BC)" title="Յոտա (տառ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Յոտա (տառ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jota" title="Jota – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Jota" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3ta" title="Jóta – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Jóta" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%98%D7%90" title="יוטא – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יוטא" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90_(%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D)" title="იოტა (ასო) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იოტა (ასო)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Йота – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Йота" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99" title="Ι – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Ι" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jota" title="Jota – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Jota" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Йота – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Йота" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jota_(raid%C4%97)" title="Jota (raidė) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Jota (raidė)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%B3ta" title="Ióta – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ióta" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F" title="അയോട്ട – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അയോട്ട" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE" title="आयोटा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="आयोटा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99" title="Ι – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="Ι" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jota_(letter)" title="Jota (letter) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Jota (letter)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99" title="Ι – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Ι" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%B2ta" title="Iòta – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Iòta" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%93%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%BE" title="ਆਓਟਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਆਓਟਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota" title="Iota – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Iota" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jota_(litera)" title="Jota (litera) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Jota (litera)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99" title="Ι – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ι" data-language-autonym="Português" 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class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Ninth letter in the Greek alphabet</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a 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For Latin iota, see <a href="/wiki/%C6%96" class="mw-redirect" title="Ɩ">ɩ</a>. For Cyrillic Iota, see <a href="/wiki/Iota_(Cyrillic)" title="Iota (Cyrillic)">Iota (Cyrillic)</a>. 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class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> uppercase <b>Ι</b>, lowercase <b>ι</b>; <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">ιώτα</span>) is the ninth letter of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_alphabet" title="Greek alphabet">Greek alphabet</a>. It was derived from the <a href="/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet" title="Phoenician alphabet">Phoenician</a> letter <a href="/wiki/Yodh" title="Yodh">Yodh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Letters that arose from this letter include the <a href="/wiki/Latin_alphabet" title="Latin alphabet">Latin</a> <a href="/wiki/I" title="I">I</a> and <a href="/wiki/J" title="J">J</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cyrillic" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyrillic">Cyrillic</a> <a href="/wiki/%D0%86" class="mw-redirect" title="І">І</a> (І, і), <a href="/wiki/Yi_(Cyrillic)" title="Yi (Cyrillic)">Yi</a> (Ї, ї), and <a href="/wiki/Je_(Cyrillic)" title="Je (Cyrillic)">Je</a> (Ј, ј), and <a href="/wiki/Iotation" title="Iotation">iotated</a> letters (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Yu_(Cyrillic)" title="Yu (Cyrillic)">Yu</a> (Ю, ю)). In the system of <a href="/wiki/Greek_numerals" title="Greek numerals">Greek numerals</a>, iota has a value of 10.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Iota represents the <a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">close front unrounded vowel</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="el-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Greek" title="Help:IPA/Greek">[i]</a></span>. In early forms of ancient Greek, it occurred in both long <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[iː]</span> and short <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[i]</span> versions, but this distinction was lost in <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek_phonology" title="Koine Greek phonology">Koine Greek</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kgp_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kgp-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iota participated as the second element in <a href="/wiki/Falling_diphthong" class="mw-redirect" title="Falling diphthong">falling diphthongs</a>, with both long and short vowels as the first element. Where the first element was long, the iota was lost in pronunciation at an early date, and was written in <a href="/wiki/Polytonic_orthography" class="mw-redirect" title="Polytonic orthography">polytonic orthography</a> as <a href="/wiki/Iota_subscript" title="Iota subscript">iota subscript</a>, in other words as a very small ι under the main vowel. Examples include ᾼ ᾳ ῌ ῃ ῼ ῳ. The former diphthongs became <a href="/wiki/Digraph_(orthography)" title="Digraph (orthography)">digraphs</a> for simple vowels in <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kgp_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kgp-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The word is used in a common English phrase, "not one iota", meaning "not the slightest amount". This refers to iota, the smallest letter, or possibly <a href="/wiki/Yodh" title="Yodh">yodh</a>, י, the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The English word <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jot#English" class="extiw" title="wikt:jot">jot</a></i> derives from iota.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The German, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish name for the letter J (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jot#German" class="extiw" title="wikt:Jot">Jot</a></i> / <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jota#Spanish" class="extiw" title="wikt:jota">jota</a></i>) is derived from iota. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Symbol">Symbol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iota&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Symbol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In some <a href="/wiki/Programming_language" title="Programming language">programming languages</a> (e.g., <a href="/wiki/A%2B_(programming_language)" title="A+ (programming language)">A+</a>, <a href="/wiki/APL_(programming_language)" title="APL (programming language)">APL</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Go_(programming_language)" title="Go (programming language)">Go</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), iota (either as the lowercase symbol <code>⍳</code> or the identifier <code>iota</code>) is used to represent and generate an array of consecutive integers. For example, in APL <code>⍳4</code> gives <code>1 2 3 4</code>.</li> <li>The lowercase iota symbol is sometimes used to write the <a href="/wiki/Imaginary_unit" title="Imaginary unit">imaginary unit</a>, but more often Roman <a href="/wiki/I" title="I">i</a> or <a href="/wiki/J" title="J">j</a> is used.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematics</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Inclusion_map" title="Inclusion map">inclusion map</a> of one space into another is sometimes denoted by the lowercase iota.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Logic" title="Logic">logic</a>, the lowercase iota denotes the <a href="/wiki/Definite_description#Symbolic_form" title="Definite description">definite descriptor</a>.</li> <li>The lowercase iota symbol has Unicode code point U+03B9 and the uppercase U+0399.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unicode">Unicode</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iota&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Unicode"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For accented Greek characters, see <a href="/wiki/Greek_diacritics#Computer_encoding" title="Greek diacritics">Greek diacritics: Computer encoding</a>. </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced">U+0196</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">Ɩ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">LATIN CAPITAL LETTER IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+0269</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ɩ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">LATIN SMALL LETTER IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+0345</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ͅ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">COMBINING GREEK YPOGEGRAMMENI</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+037A</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ͺ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;"><a href="/wiki/%CD%BA" class="mw-redirect" title="ͺ">GREEK YPOGEGRAMMENI</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+038A</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">Ί</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+0390</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ΐ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA AND TONOS</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+0399</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">Ι</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA</span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">&Iota;</span>)</li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+03AA</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">Ϊ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+03AF</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ί</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+03B9</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ι</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA</span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">&iota;</span>) (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">\iota</span> in TeX)</li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+03CA</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ϊ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+1D7C</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ᵼ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">LATIN SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH STROKE</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+1DA5</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ᶥ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MODIFIER LETTER SMALL IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+1FBE</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ι</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">GREEK PROSGEGRAMMENI</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+2129</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">℩</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">TURNED GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA</span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">&iiota;</span>)</li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+2373</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">⍳</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+2378</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">⍸</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL IOTA UNDERBAR</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+2C92</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">Ⲓ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER IAUDA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+2C93</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ⲓ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">COPTIC SMALL LETTER IAUDA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+A646</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">Ꙇ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+A647</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ꙇ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER IOTA</span></li></ul> <p>These characters are used only as mathematical symbols. Stylized Greek text should be encoded using the normal Greek letters, with markup and formatting to indicate text style: </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+1D6B0</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">𝚰</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MATHEMATICAL BOLD CAPITAL IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+1D6CA</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">𝛊</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MATHEMATICAL BOLD SMALL IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+1D6EA</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">𝛪</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MATHEMATICAL ITALIC CAPITAL IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+1D704</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">𝜄</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+1D724</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">𝜤</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MATHEMATICAL BOLD ITALIC CAPITAL IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+1D73E</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">𝜾</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MATHEMATICAL BOLD ITALIC SMALL IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+1D75E</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">𝝞</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD CAPITAL IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+1D778</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">𝝸</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD SMALL IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+1D798</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">𝞘</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD ITALIC CAPITAL IOTA</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+1D7B2</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">𝞲</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD ITALIC SMALL IOTA</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iota&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Iota" title="Hurricane Iota">Hurricane Iota</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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