Why is the pronoun ‘I’ the only pronoun that is capital by default in English?

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Why is the pronoun ‘I’ the only pronoun that is capital by default in English?

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The generally accepted linguistic explanation for the capital “I” is that it could not stand alone, uncapitalized, as a single letter, which allows for the possibility that early manuscripts and typography played a major role in shaping the national character of English-speaking countries.

Edit: copy/paste off google.

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