User:H. H. P. M. P. Cole/Primitive vowel systems

This is the Colian series of primitive vowel systems, along with which natlangs they are used in (which is definitely not exhaustive). You might see a conlang or two in here.

2 vowels

• /a ə/
  • used in Ubykh and Abkhaz
  • It also features in my bad conlang I made over dinner one day
• Non-Colian: /e o/
  • used in PIE reconstructions

3 vowels

• /a i u/
  • used in Inuktitut

4 vowels

• /a ə i u/

5 vowels

• /a e~ɛ i o~ɔ u/
  • Arguably the most common vowel system

6 vowels

• /a e~ɛ ə~ɨ i o~ɔ u/
  • My first flawed analysis of English
  • Used in Russian, Malay/Indonesian
• /a e ɛ i o~ɔ u/
• /a e~ɛ i o ɔ u/

7 vowels

• /a e ɛ i o ɔ u/
• /a e~ɛ ø i y o~ɔ u/
• /a e ɛ ə i o~ɔ u/
• /a e~ɛ ə i o ɔ u/

8 vowels

• /a e ɛ ə i o ɔ u/
  • My analysis of English
• /a e~ɛ ø ə i y o~ɔ u/
• /a e ɛ ø i y o~ɔ u/
  • used in Finnish (with /a/ being turned into /ɑ/)
• /a e~ɛ ø i y o ɔ u/

9 vowels

• /a e ɛ ø i y o ɔ u/
• /a e ɛ ø ə i y o~ɔ u/
• /a e~ɛ ø ə i y o ɔ u/
• /a e ɛ i ɨ y o ɔ u/

10 vowels

• /a e ɛ ø ə i y o ɔ u/
  • This could have been the Wug Nlab vowel system without length if I was less stupid
• /a e ɛ ə i ɨ y o ɔ u/

11 vowels

• /a e ɛ ø ə i ɨ y o ɔ u/
  • This could have also been the Wug Nlab vowel system without length if I was less stupid