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Magellanican has a total of 4 vowels. According to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures this is a small vowel quality inventory. Magellanican has a consonant to vowel quality ratio of 2.75 which according to WALS is a moderately low ratio. The vowels are displayed in the table below: | Magellanican has a total of 8 vowels, 4 monophthongs and 4 diphthongs. The diphthongs pattern as long vowels. According to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures this is a small vowel quality inventory. Magellanican has a consonant to vowel quality ratio of 2.75 which according to WALS is a moderately low ratio. The vowels are displayed in the table below: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| || Short ||Short Back | | || Front Short||Long Front ||Short Back||Long Back | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Hiɡh || /i/||/u/ | | Hiɡh || /i/||/eɪ/||/u/||/oʊ/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Low || /ɛ/||/ɑ/ | | Low || /ɛ/||/aɪ/||/ɑ/||/aʊ/ | ||
|} | |} | ||