Table 2 Average duration ratio of each speaker group
ENG
KOR
JPN
TWN
Duration of stressed Vs (s)
0.082
0.089
0.086
0.094
Duration of unstressed Vs (s)
0.049
0.064
0.063
0.077
Ratio
1.68
1.40
1.36
1.22
ENG, Native; KOR, Korean, JPN, Japanese; TWN, Taiwanese-Chinese