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This is the '''Colian series of primitive vowel systems''', along with which natlangs they are used in (which is definitely not exhaustive). You might see a conlang or two in here.

== 2 vowels ==
* /a ə/
** used in Ubykh and Abkhaz
** It also features in my [[User:H. H. P. M. P. Cole/Bad conlang|bad conlang I made over dinner one day]]
* Non-Colian: /e o/
** used in PIE reconstructions
== 3 vowels ==
* /a i u/
** used in Inuktitut
== 4 vowels ==
* /a ə i u/
== 5 vowels ==
* /a e~ɛ i o~ɔ u/
** Arguably the most common vowel system
== 6 vowels ==
* /a e~ɛ ə~ɨ i o~ɔ u/
** My first flawed analysis of English
** Used in Russian, Malay/Indonesian
* /a e ɛ i o~ɔ u/
* /a e~ɛ i o ɔ u/
== 7 vowels ==
* /a e ɛ i o ɔ u/
* /a e~ɛ ø i y o~ɔ u/
* /a e ɛ ə i o~ɔ u/
* /a e~ɛ ə i o ɔ u/
== 8 vowels ==
* /a e ɛ ə i o ɔ u/
** My analysis of English
* /a e~ɛ ø ə i y o~ɔ u/
* /a e ɛ ø i y o~ɔ u/
** used in Finnish (with /a/ being turned into /ɑ/)
* /a e~ɛ ø i y o ɔ u/
== 9 vowels ==
* /a e ɛ ø i y o ɔ u/
* /a e ɛ ø ə i y o~ɔ u/
* /a e~ɛ ø ə i y o ɔ u/
* /a e ɛ i ɨ y o ɔ u/
== 10 vowels ==
* /a e ɛ ø ə i y o ɔ u/
** This could have been the [[Wug Nlab]] vowel system without length if I was less stupid
* /a e ɛ ə i ɨ y o ɔ u/
== 11 vowels ==
* /a e ɛ ø ə i ɨ y o ɔ u/
** This could have also been the [[Wug Nlab]] vowel system without length if I was less stupid