French has many more vowels than Japanese.
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Vowels
//ˈvaʊəlz//
Synonyms for "vowels" (130 found)
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openoxytonepalatalpalatalizedparasitic vowelpeakpharyngealpharyngealizationpharyngealizedphonephonemephonemicphoneticphonicpitchpitchedplosiveposttonicprothetic vowelretroflex
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The Anglophones always complained about the vowels /a e i o u/ in artificial languages. Those sounds are used because most other sounds other people cannot pronounce.
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Lojban has six vowels, /a e i o u ə/ written <a e i o u y>. The last vowel is all you need for the "marshmallow effect."
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I cannot pronounce this word. It has no vowels.
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