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Unfortunately, two separate traditions have developed of identifying 'long' vowels. (See [[Long vowel - short vowel]] for more detail.) 
*A short '-i-' is simply seen as the {{IPA|ɪ}} sound of 'bit', 'this' and 'in'.
*Long '-i-' may be used in two ways (See [[Long vowel - short vowel]] for an explanation.)
**As a pure vowel with an element of length, it represents the sound of ([[RP]]) 'mach'''i'''ne', 'b'''ee'''n' and 'cl'''ea'''n': {{IPA|iː}}.
**As a [[diphthong]]al vowel, it is usually understood as the sound of its name, and such words as 'wh'''i'''te', 'wh'''y'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> and 'k'''i'''nd': {{IPA|aɪ}}; but it is usually  represented in writing by '''-i-''' or '''-y-''', with or without additional letters such as '-gh' in 'high', '-u-' in 'buy' and '-g-' in 'sign'. For more on this, see [[I (grapheme)|Speech sounds represented by the letter I]].

::::Much of the information on this page has been taken from [[McArthur]] and [[Bell (2004)]].

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