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===Vowels===
===Vowels===


Common Minervan has a total of 10 vowels. It has 5 vowel qualities. According to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures this is an average vowel quality inventory. Common Minervan has a consonant to vowel quality ratio of 2.6 which according to WALS is a moderately low ratio. The diphthongs are phonologically long vowels. The vowels are displayed in the table below:
Common Minervan has a total of 8 vowels. It has 4 vowel qualities. According to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures this is an small vowel quality inventory. Common Minervan has a consonant to vowel quality ratio of 5.75 which according to WALS is a moderately high ratio. The diphthongs are phonologically long vowels. The vowels are displayed in the table below:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
|  || Short Front || Long Front||Short Central||Long Central|| Short Back||Long Back
|  || Short Front || Short Back||Long Back
|-
|-
| Hiɡh || /i/||/eɪ/|| ||||/u/||/oʊ/
| Hiɡh || /i/||/eɪ/|| ||||/u/||/oʊ/
|-
|Mid||||||/ə/||/əː/||||||
|-
|-
| Low || /ɛ/||/aɪ/|||| || /ɑ/||/aʊ/
| Low || /ɛ/||/aɪ/|||| || /ɑ/||/aʊ/
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