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


Magellanican 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. Magellanican has a consonant to vowel quality ratio of 2.50 which according to WALS is a moderately low ratio. The diphthongs are phonologically long vowels. The vowels are displayed in the table below:
Magellanican has a total of 4 vowel. According to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures this is a small vowel quality inventory. Magellanican has a consonant to vowel quality ratio of 2.50 which according to WALS is a moderately low ratio. The diphthongs are phonologically long vowels. The vowels are displayed in the table below:


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