Avalonian: Difference between revisions

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 ===Vowels===
-Avalonian has a total of 8 vowels, 4 monophthongs and 4 diphthongs. The diphthongs pattern phonologically as long vowels. According to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures Magellanican has 4 vowel qualities which is a small inventory. Magellanican has a consonant to vowel quality ratio of 6.0 which according to WALS is a moderately large ratio. Avalonian is unusual for not possesing any low vowels such as /a/. The vowels are displayed in the table below:
+Avalonian has a total of 4 vowels. According to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures Magellanican has 4 vowel qualities which is a small inventory. Magellanican has a consonant to vowel quality ratio of 4.0 which according to WALS is an average ratio. Avalonian is unusual for not possesing any low vowels such as /a/. The vowels are displayed in the table below:
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-|  || Front Short||Long Front ||Short Back||Long Back
+|  || Front||Back||
 |-
-| Hiɡh || /i/||/eɪ/||/u/||/oʊ/
+| Hiɡh || /i/||/u/
 |-
-| Mid || /ɛ/||/aɪ/||/ɔ/||/ɑʊ/
+| Mid || /ɛ/||/ɔ/
 |}