Category:Phonology
Feature:Vowel Quality Inventories WALS
Name:Large (7-14)
Languages (473):
Conlangs (440):
Asha'ille
Ayeri
Livagian [phonologically]
Livagian [phonetically]
Lembrin
Gevey
Speakers of the Valley dialect distinguish between 22 vowel sounds composed of:
 11 monophthongs [ æ ɑ e i: ɜ ɪ ɒ ɔ ʌ u ʊ ] < a aa e ee ei i o ao ue uu u >
 3 of which distinguish between short and long forms [ ɑ ɑ: ɔ ɔ: u u: ] < aa ua ao au uu oo >
 and a further 8 diphthongs [ eɪ eə aɪ ɪə əʊ ʊə aʊ ɔɪ ] < ae ai ie ii oe ui ou oi >.
Qahta
Naidda
Mikiana
Minza
Cholnish
Käläli
Ayasthi
Saya
Akat
Sa'nakkan
Rnihonön
Novegradian
Þrjótrunn
Alashian
Zhyler
Kazujisha
Zhytjetji
Jarolim
Ghaf
Khangathyagon
Qwynegold
Tauro-Piscean
Marijo
Chamanar
Raitoliste
Jarda
Tirelat
Ngetsurt
Torain
Rugian
Senjecas
aa, a, ee, e, ii, i, oo, o, õõ, õ, uu, u, ï,ë, ÿ
Songulda
Wikilret
Classical Arithide
Modern Arithide
Eridanian
Taraitola
Neo-Khitanese
gzb
Celíminé
Vallese
Ryupisasa
Konishien
Bashika
Dainyu
Shsiwhe Luwur
Sngõlpowhetet
Myrsani
Barip
Tine
new
P'aa
Velyan
Lhueslue
Lekmokulka
Mavakhalan
Ainure
Zhontós
Imuthan
Nisela
Liberalian
Morlandian
HAI
Austrian
/a aː e eː i iː o oː u uː y yː ei ou/
[a ɔː ɛ ɨː ɨ iː ɔ oː ʉ uː ʏ yː æɪ̆ əʏ̆]
Rång
5 short, 5 long, 12 diphthongs
Alopian
Sjal
Kata
Angosey
Avorenta
Ruzian

And 7 vowels:

i/ɨ/ɯ/e/ɤ/ɛ/ɑ

Buruya Nzaysa
Nakio
Surnichian
Fakename3
Eezee
Ayaryen
Fila
Gerchish
Phanyo
/a E e i } O o u/ after chain shift (from weird unstable /a_" E e i A O o u/)
Solaric
Krig
project 1
Yivrian
Vowel qualities:
i       u
 I
  e    o
   E
     a
Géarthnuns
Neimalu
Vowels: |a e é i o ö u ü| /A E e i O Y u y/ 
Diphthongs: |au eu| /AU EU/
Rligna
Zanese
Dacayan
All the vowels are :
A/a/ I/i or I/ U/u or U/ E/e or E/ O/o or O/ Y/eu like e in trigger/ 

Ä/æ or e higher pitch/ Ü/ü in über:german/ Ö/ö in öl:german/

Á Í Ú É Ó Ý 
(all above are long vowels except Ý is pronounced eui in euisa:korea [standard]; long eu ; higher tone eu; depend on the dialect)
Stemmutsian
Siginese
Wilas
Ueyoonja
matorian
Ferzhic
Kangir
Nizhmel
Labasje
Saimiar
Paagnnyaglŝ
draga
i í a á o ú e ou r
Proto-Kunnu-lujungo
Denaden
.         Front  Mid  Back
High      i•y            u
              ɪ  ɨ•ʉ  ʊ
Close-mid e•ø            o
                  ə
Open Mid  ɛ•œ            ɔ
          
Low               a

Total Vowels: 15

Most common diphthongs:

/ai/ /iu/
/ei/ /eu/
/oi/ /ou/
/ui/
Cenyani
Gobish
Batu
a i~ɪ u~ʊ e~ɛ o~ɔ ə̥~ə ʒ̩ y~ʏ ø~œ (open~close syllables — a and ʒ̩ occur in both)
Emnonian
Future English
Keylim
Ampizd
Kymna
Sentalian
Kanteian
Fakename
Kēlen
Audente
Jajuna
aeiouyəɛ
Aaro
Hemackle
Na'vi

/i ɪ ɛ æ u o ɑ/

Dahu
Dzidmitsu
Svørgska
A Ä À Å Æ E I O Ö Ø U Ü Y
a ä à å æ e i o ö ø u ü y

All letters are treated as their own individual letter, not as accented letters.

A a "ah" bright
Ä ä "eh" 
À à "ay"
Å å "å" like quickly say oh and ah together
Æ æ "æ" said like English word eye
E e "ia" like quickly saying i and ah together
I i "i" like ee in see
O o "o" said like oo in soon
Ö ö "ö" said like ugh
Ø ø "ø" said like tall a / awe
U u "ju" inbetween sounding like o and ü
Ü ü "ü" like German ü
Y y "y" like Swedish y
Islysian
Mekoshan
Elanian
Aixosixomi
a/i/o/ã/á/í/ó
Sreasra Mdatla
South Picksalladed
Muosanese
Myonian
Kumiko
a i u e ə o ɔ z̩ ʐ̩
Endehl
Choch Gwurx
Kassunetian
Mîrkšam
The inventory of vocalic phonemes is larger than average, with ten present:

            Front                   Back
            Unrounded   Rounded     Unrounded   Rounded
High        i           y           ɯ           u
Mid         e           ø           ɤ           o
Low                                 a           ɶ

Despite their position in the phoneme table above, /a/ and /ɶ/ are not treated as back vowels but as central ones; in formal speech, they are typically pronounced centralized, as [ä] and [ɶ̈]. This ideally would result in a symmetric vowel system.

The actual realization of the vowel phonemes can show considerable variation by dialect, but as a rule, the rounding distinctions are preserved. In many dialects the rounded front vowels and the unrounded back vowels are centralized to some extent, especially in unstressed positions. This tends to cause both /y/ and /ø/ to approach [ʏ], while /ɯ/ becomes [ɯ̽] and /ɤ/ becomes [ʌ̽]. Many of these dialects also realize /ɶ/ as [ɔ̽], with such vocalization again more common in unstressed positions. 

Centralization of /i/, /e/, /u/, /o/, or /a/ is less common; these phonemes are realized more consistently across dialect, whether stressed or unstressed, as [i], [e̞], [u], [o̞], and [ä], respectively, though they may lose some vowel quality when unstressed.

In addition to the above variations in realization, unstressed vowels are in all dialects shorter than stressed vowels.

Diphthongs exist in /w/ and /j/, but /w/ can only occur before unrounded vowels. All vocalic variations still apply to the vocalic elements of diphthongs.
Celdirin
Fae
Celinese

/a/, /ɛ/, /e/, /i/, /ɔ/, /o/, /u/, /ə/, /ɪ/ and either /ø/ or /y/ - 10 vowels - attested in most dialects. Some have many more.

Ozavakve
Baranxe'i
Zorillo

Twelve vowels. a = ɑ, ą =aː, e = ɛ, ę = eː, i = ɨ, į = iː, o = ɔ; ǫ = oː, u = ʊ, ų = uː, y = y, ė = ə

Pyratela
Lemyrian
Salhari
Nauspayr
Sakawi

/æ/、/e/、/i/、/y/、/ɑ/、/o/、/u/

Cerstan
Olgittic
Gonjonic
Tedil Tamal
Anshanish
Briötto
Xashi
Mugini
Verunic
Moniranian
Qorolese
Cherun
Qinuith
Isoldian

/ə a ɛ e ɪ i ɔ o ʊ u/

In words of two or more syllables, cardinal vowels /a e i o u/ can only occur in stressed syllables.

Tolsian
Meftla
Himmaswa

Nine basic vowel qualities: / a æ e ə i o œ u ʌ / Basic vowels undergo diphthongization (fronting, backing, closing, centring) and variations in phonation (length, tenseness, rhoticity, breathiness, creakiness)

Full vowel phoneme inventory (38 total) (followed by standard romanization):

a (6): /a a̰ː a̰ɪ̯ a̰ʊ̯ a̰˞ː a̤/ (a, aa, ai, ao, ar, ah)

æ (1): /æi̯/ (aiy)

e (4): /ɛ ej ɛə̯ ɛ̤ç/ (e, ey, ea, eh)

ə (3): /əi̯ ɚː ɚ̰ː/ (ay, ur, er)

i (7): /ɪ iː iə̯ iɔ̯ iə̯ʊ̯ ɪ̤ç i̤ə̯/ (i, ee, ia, io, iau, ih, iah)

o (6): /ɔ ɔ̰ ɔ̯o ɔ̰ɪ̯ ɔ̰˞ː ɔ̤/ (o, au, oa, oy, or, oh)

œ (3): /œ øœ̯ œɔ̯/ (eu, euu, euo)

u (6): /ʊ uː ʊɪ̯ uə̯ uə̯ɪ̯ ʊ̤/ (ou, oo, ui, ua, ooay, ooh)

ʌ (2): /ʌ ʌu̯/ (u, uoo)

Notes:

  • both rhoticity and creaky voice appear only in /a/, /ə/ and /o/
  • rhoticity does not occur without vowel lengthening
  • Three of the four rhotic vowels also occur with creaky voice /ɚ̰ː/, /a̰˞ː/ and /ɔ̰˞ː/. Only /ɚː/ occurs without creaky voice.
  • except in /a/, non-diphthongal, non-rhotic lengthening is always concurrent with a change in tenseness
  • breathy voice does not occur with any other phonation type, and aside from the diphthong /i̤ə̯/, appears only in clear short vowels
  • /ə/ and /æ/ do not appear as clear short vowels
Ieteje
Naghtvin
Austrian Celtic
Uyendur
Miwonsha
Oral vowels: (5)

a ɛ i ɔ u

Nasal vowels: (5)

ã ɛ̃  ĩ ɔ̃  ũ

Dipthongs: (6)

aɪ aʊ ɛɪ iʊ ɔɪ uɪ
Simbri
Medusaean
Yìrasì
Arka

it has 5-6 short vowels and 5-6 long vowels, and for most of the vowels, the quality changes as its length changes, like German.

Nayraki

<i y e æ ɑ o u> /i y e a ah o u/

Average language
Frecisce
Popsiclian
ProConlang
Anikele
Poeplish
Marag
Enterdese
Borchennymendi
Klik-Ma
Omluuet
Ata
Somaltepota
Hercsex
/i/	/y/			/ɨ/		/u/
		/ʏ/				
	/e/	/ø/				/o/
				
	           /ɛ/			
				
		      /a/			/ɒ/
Hace
Barbane
Tim Ar
Tsols Oswahe
Baronh
Wexelgwe
donawean
Massalian
Vishak
PROTO_RELIGIO
kolesch Speech
Alakulian
Ukumusi
Ebisedian
Felbahn
Old Arassenian
Fayn
/i:, u:, i, ʊ, e:, o:, ɛ, a, ɑ, a:/
í, ú, i, u, é, ó, e, a, o, á
Cwengaer
Nahakhontl
Başam
Applelang
Ndok Aisô
City Speech
Meditsrai
Alley's Language
Kaujasakka
Sarian
Gehui
Prydonian High Gallifreyan
Ancient
Maksinaunminverbe
Adejori
Sathura
Attian
Interslavic
Begonian
Snahhian
Veng
Emeranye
Aoma
Temarp
Iaskyon
Femmish
Not a creole
-ATR	Neut.	+ATR
i		į
e		ę
o		ǫ
	a
Brutirric
Kamëzet
Lang3
Sazhir
Meino
Knashta
Meletsian
Kiitra
Hellanan
Thȧtareni

There are 8 vowels:

<A,a> ==== /e̞/

<Ȧ,ȧ> ==== /ä/

<E,e> ==== /ɪ/

<Ee,ee> === /ɶ/

<I,i> ==== /ɛ/

<Ii,ii> === /i/

<O,o> ==== /ɞ/

<u> ==== /ɶ/

<u> never occurs at the beginning of a word, therefore no majuscule is necessary.

Adinjo
Isolating thing inspired by mesoamerican and southeast asian
Old Palen
Senduri Symmetrical seven vowel system /a, e, ɛ, i, o, ɔ, u/
Lanbuvia
Shujum
Riagi
urdcax
Laefevesi
Ccharthii
ī ē ō ā
i e o a ə
Primitive Tule Defi
Primitive Takardan
Proto Ke Son Lii
Sǔra
Franglispan
Fritheyish
Mezhat
Iathi
Oedilaaiffe
Proto-Toroq
Derovian
Ghasde
yashde
Ythnandosian
Afri
Yeqochun
Novoslovnica
Qhirem
Omayna
Siaswo
Delniit
Testonian /æ̃ ɑ ɶ̤ ɜ ɵˤ ʉ ɘʏ̯ ɞɯ̯ ɶɤ̯ ɘʉ̯æᵝ/
Valthungian
Brooding
Maltcegj
Northeadish
merechi
Mli Vjacgu
Neoquux
Surimban
Deinau
Jorivuzedox (Modern Southern)
Agyiyi
Ndatshok
10 vowels that vary over two lengths.
Song
Reber Wiebian
Ancient Wiebian
lietūska
South Germanic
Oklane i i: y y: e e: ø ø: a a: o o: u u: written: i ii ü üü e ee ö öö a aa o oo u uu
Old Kaiese
Patuximis
Thuun
Anikuek
Velan
Cyraceí
Tasza
Trayks
Kirronga
Valkanshia
Lavrian
Tsatsar
Dearean
Ɣu
Jywe
Draconic
Classical Airumali
Htoleithe
Karemar
Pannonian
Gravgaln
Iridian
Kachan
Akachenti has a five-vowel system with contrasting length: a, e, o, u, i, a:, e:, o:, u:, i:, and seven dipthongs: aɛ - aɪ, iɪ - jɪ, ie, ia, ue, ua, ui.

Orthographically, it has six short vowels and five long, as ae is considered a pure vowel by speakers.
Jerreneth
Selade
Faljuurodh
Aalt
Gothish
Dheneydabus
Mesak
Kolyma Ainu
Eitinodo
Kagian
7 vowels:

/i̘ ɪ e̘ ɛ o̘~u̘ ɔ~ʊ ä/
Old Sumrë
Dhrahhynian
Ancient Draconian
INS
CALS Average Feature Values
Random
Interesting
Zheymi
Anxian
griuskant
Audhrinn
Kayronic
Darsra
Brasarg
Menxháo
Bologau
Sambahsa
Yeul
Eneqa
Polarian
Tojin Simplified
Q.T. Lingua Franca
Kavrinian
Chlouvanem
Empolese
Choton
Tangachi
i, i:, y, ɪ, u, u:
(i, ī, ü, ï, u, ū)

e, a, o, o:
(e, a, o, ō)
Kesh
Napasei
Ghudaz
Centaurian
Gilya
PURK
/i y u/
/e ø o/
/a/
Ancient Zelev
Vedran
Cardhic, Common
Firtsusish
Yungchangese
Sirgyr
Ngaraxth Crixth v7
Some vowel qualities change slightly when creaky voice is added.
Ngmeetsi
Scotian
Miri
Universalglot
Muosan
Jhaa
Kedshi
Votgil
Eldoeysk
Kyuren
Orenian
Jaaf
Isthmian Daaci
Gr
Kalavi
Eiidana
Albic
Frenkisch
Zutian
Al Bakiyye
Fsonkers
Middle Olgish
Old Olgish
Dragonian
Delang
Nagrinian
Alál
Algilez
Baanzish
Irani
Cannic
GTBOT’s Conlang
Eremoran
Usually 7, some dialects marge /e/ or /o/ with various vowels to have 6 or both to have 5.
Ralanian
Volapuk
Interlingue (Occidental)
Speech of the New West
Nymeran
Hossin
Nkarkoa
lbana
Ithkuil III
Šamhešmi
Waa
Valtal
Akxera
Sibirgo
Piwken
Agalatian
Hakei
Cialmi
ABCL
Hayakan
New Ithkuil
Xak
Mashilhath
Miut
iigraa
Gwaxol
Modern Eltan
Iqglic
Jokelang 2
Shinmavu
Cruckeny
Etlish
Millennish
Sudyrnish

Natlangs (33):
English
French
Hungarian
Turkish
Finnish
Alamblak
Arapesh
Bagirmi
Burmese
Canela-Kraho
Epena Pedee
Ewe
German
Grebo
Hunzib
Imonda
Ket
Koromfe
Khalkha
Khmer
Kanuri
Kobon
Korean
Krongo
Lango
Sango
Sanuma
Supyire
Thai
Vietnamese
Yoruba
Ika
Dani (Lower Grand Valley)