TABLE 7.
DURATION OF VOWELS, arranged by vowels:
Vowel | Mean relative duration | Std. Dev. | Mean absolute duration | Extremes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
longest | shortest | |||||
I | .61 | .09 | .139 | .21 | .09 | |
U | .61 | .09 | .142 | .23 | .10 | |
V | .64 | .09 | .148 | .24 | .11 | |
E | .73 | .09 | .170 | .24 | .11 | |
Q | .77 | .08 | .178 | .27 | .14 | |
æ | .90 | .08 | .210 | .32 | .14 | |
i | 1.25 | .13 | .293 | .42 | .21 | |
u | 1.26 | .13 | .294 | .46 | .20 | |
3 | 1.33 | .12 | .309 | .45 | .23 | |
O | 1.42 | .12 | .330 | .55 | .24 | |
A | 1.45 | .13 | .335 | .46 | .26 | |
Average of all vowels | 1.00 | .232 |