Patrick:
> Anttila states that the commonest vowel scheme
> around the world is front, central, back, with
> height irrelevant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel
"A few languages, such as Navajo, have four-
vowel systems that lack /u/ but there is no
known natural language that lacks some form
of a."
"Some form of a" means "a _low_ vowel". Ergo, height
is obviously relevant. However, you on the other hand
appear to be far less so.
= gLeN
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