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Comment by o11c

1 day ago

In that case they should've used ï for consistency.

That would be the opposite of consistency; i is the front vowel and ı is the back one.

Note that the vowel /i/ cannot umlaut, because it's already a front vowel. The ï you cite comes from French, where the two dots represent diaeresis rather than umlaut. When umlaut is a feature of your language, combining the notation like that isn't likely to be a good idea.