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10-794: IAI is an acronym for: IAI alphabet , another name for Africa Alphabet Iaido Information Architecture Institute Institute of Art and Ideas Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research International African Institute International Association for Identification Israel Aerospace Industries ( Ha-Taasiya Ha-Avirit ) Islamic Army in Iraq Independent Administrative Institution Intelligent Actuator (International Automation Industry), Japanese robot maker Istituto Affari Internazionali (Italian Institute of International Affairs) Topics referred to by
20-792: A combination of the English alphabet and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Development was assisted by native speakers of African languages and led by Diedrich Hermann Westermann , who served as director of the organization from 1926 to 1939. The aim of the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures, later renamed the International African Institute (IAI), was to enable people to write for practical and scientific purposes in all African languages without
30-418: Is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages . The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ ɔ ⟩. The IPA symbol is a turned letter c and both the symbol and the sound are commonly called "open-o". The name open-o represents the sound, in that it is like the sound represented by ⟨ o ⟩, the close-mid back rounded vowel , except it
40-480: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages IAI alphabet The Africa Alphabet (also International African Alphabet or IAI alphabet ) is a set of letters designed as the basis for Latin alphabets for the languages of Africa . It was initially developed in 1928 by the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures from
50-492: Is more open. It also represents the symbol, which can be remembered as an o which has been "opened" by removing part of the closed circular shape. In English, the symbol ⟨ ɔ ⟩ (or ⟨ ɔː ⟩) is typically associated with the vowel in "thought", but in Received Pronunciation (standard British English ), Australian English , New Zealand English and South African English that vowel
60-541: Is produced with considerably stronger lip rounding and higher tongue position than that of cardinal [ɔ] , i.e. as close-mid [ oː ] or somewhat lower. Open-mid [ɔː] or even open [ ɒː ] realizations are found in North American English (where this vowel is often indistinguishable from the open back unrounded vowel in "bra") and Scottish English as well as Hiberno-English , Northern England English and Welsh English , though in
70-538: The English alphabet and the vowel letters, and any additional consonants, of the IPA. Capital forms of IPA letters were invented as necessary. Thus J and Y are pronounced [ d͡ʒ ] and [ j ] as in English, while Ɔ, Ɛ and Ŋ are pronounced [ ɔ ] , [ ɛ ] and [ ŋ ] as in the IPA. Open-mid back rounded vowel The open-mid back rounded vowel , or low-mid back rounded vowel ,
80-486: The last three accent groups closer, [ oː ] -like realizations are also found. In RP, the open-mid realization of /ɔː/ has been obsolete since the 1930s. Pronouncing that vowel as such is subject to correction for non-native speakers aiming at RP. In Received Pronunciation and Australian English, the open-mid back rounded vowel occurs as the main allophone of the LOT vowel /ɒ/ . The contrast between /ɔː/ and /ɒ/
90-568: The need of diacritics . The Africa Alphabet influenced the development of orthographies of many African languages, serving "as the basis for the transcription" of about 60 by one count. Discussion of how to harmonize these with other systems led to several largely abortive proposals such as the African Reference Alphabet and the World Orthography . The Africa Alphabet was built from the consonant letters of
100-402: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title IAI . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IAI&oldid=833816902 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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