Avalonian: Difference between revisions
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Avalonian has a total of 4 | Avalonian has a total of 8 vowels, 4 monophthongs and 4 diphthongs. 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 2.75 which according to WALS is an average ratio. Avalonian is unusual for not possesing any low vowels such as /a/. Diphthongs are treated as phonological long vowels. The vowels are displayed in the table below: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| || Front||Back|| | | || '''Short Front'''||'''Long Front'''||'''Short Back'''||'''Long Back''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | '''High''' || /i/||/eɪ/||/u/||/oʊ/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Mid || /ɛ/||/ɔ/ | | '''Mid''' || /ɛ/||/aɪ/||/ɔ/||/ɑʊ/ | ||
|} | |} | ||