diff --git a/phsource/compile_report b/phsource/compile_report
index 3e16ac74..bf89e129 100644
--- a/phsource/compile_report
+++ b/phsource/compile_report
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       hr  19  129
       sr   2  129
       ru  36  124
-      it  15  116
+      it  16  117
       la  21  114
       es   6  114
       pt  28  131
@@ -420,14 +420,14 @@
   1  vowel/@_4      nl
   2  vowel/8_2      en_us sv
   1  vowel/8_3      zh_yue
- 13  vowel/a        en_n cy de hu nl pl sk hr sr la
-  5  vowel/a#       base2 en_sc it pt
-  8  vowel/a_2      base2 eo it la pt pt_pt ro vi
+ 14  vowel/a        en_n cy de hu nl pl sk hr sr it la
+  4  vowel/a#       base2 en_sc pt
+  7  vowel/a_2      base2 eo la pt pt_pt ro vi
   4  vowel/a#_2     hr sv is sw
   6  vowel/a_3      en_sc cs is
  12  vowel/a#_3     en en_n en_us en_wm de hi ru pt_pt vi zh_yue
   4  vowel/a_4      en_wm el vi
-  2  vowel/a_5      sv sw
+  3  vowel/a_5      it sv sw
   7  vowel/aa       en_us fi fr_ca no zh_yue
   1  vowel/aa#      fi
   3  vowel/aa_2     en cy
@@ -438,9 +438,9 @@
   1  vowel/aa_7     nl
   4  vowel/a_en     en fr
   1  vowel/@_bck    hi
- 16  vowel/e        base2 en en_n af cy eo fr hu hr it la pt ++
+ 15  vowel/e        base2 en en_n af cy eo fr hu hr it la pt ++
   2  vowel/e#       en_sc
-  6  vowel/e_2      en_sc de hi sv no
+  7  vowel/e_2      en_sc de hi it sv no
   1  vowel/e_3      hu
   1  vowel/e_5      en_sc
   3  vowel/ee       fr pl sv
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
   1  vowel/i#       cy
   4  vowel/i_2      de nl la sv
   2  vowel/i_3      af sk
-  3  vowel/i_4      fi hu is
+  4  vowel/i_4      fi hu it is
   5  vowel/i_5      en_sc
   3  vowel/i#_5     pt_pt ro
   1  vowel/i_6      hr
diff --git a/phsource/mbrola/it3 b/phsource/mbrola/it3
index 35b336bf..dd3d22bd 100644
--- a/phsource/mbrola/it3
+++ b/phsource/mbrola/it3
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 0  oI  NULL  60  o1 i
 
 0  i   NULL  0  i1
+0  I   NULL  0  i
 0  e   NULL  0  e1
 0  e/  NULL  0  e
 0  E   NULL  0  E1
diff --git a/phsource/ph_italian b/phsource/ph_italian
index 8b0d562b..67d86834 100644
--- a/phsource/ph_italian
+++ b/phsource/ph_italian
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 phoneme a
   vowel starttype (a) endtype (a)
   length 180
-  formants vowel/a_2
+  formants vowel/a
   reduceto a/  4
 endphoneme
 
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ endphoneme
 phoneme a/
   vowel starttype (@) endtype (@)
   length 180
-  formants vowel/a#
+  formants vowel/a_5
 endphoneme
 
 
 phoneme e
   vowel starttype (e) endtype (e)
   length 170
-  formants vowel/e
+  formants vowel/e_2
   reduceto e/ 4
 endphoneme
 
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ phoneme i
 endphoneme
 
 
+phoneme I
+  vowel starttype (i) endtype (i)
+  length 150
+  formants vowel/i_4
+  linkout ;
+endphoneme
+
+
+
 phoneme o
   vowel starttype (o) endtype (o)
   length 170
diff --git a/phsource/phonemes b/phsource/phonemes
index 2528161c..713ee767 100644
--- a/phsource/phonemes
+++ b/phsource/phonemes
@@ -1235,5 +1235,5 @@ phonemetable sw base
 include ph_swahili
 
 
-phonemetable f_en base
-include pf_english
+//phonemetable f_en base
+//include pf_english
diff --git a/phsource/vowel/e_6 b/phsource/vowel/e_6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de342a25
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diff --git a/phsource/vowel/vowelchart.png b/phsource/vowel/vowelchart.png
index 802b9dde..fdd998f7 100644
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