Table 3. First and second median formant values of six vowels at ten measurement points

Formant Vowel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
F1 i 404 404 409 410 414 431 427 420 412 394
I 436 439 453 459 461 474 483 469 474 456
u 435 439 439 428 417 404 392 388 387 377
Ʊ 447 458 454 447 432 419 407 403 400 390
ɛ 686 763 804 827 836 843 834 797 794 757
æ 693 792 829 857 867 875 871 834 839 772
F2 i 2,644 2,741 2,786 2,772 2,739 2,711 2,583 2,563 2,555 2,457
I 2,496 2,571 2,599 2,550 2,439 2,345 2,282 2,223 2,210 2,157
u 1,322 1,256 1,244 1,223 1,196 1,185 1,156 1,140 1,176 1,318
Ʊ 1,331 1,317 1,306 1,237 1,231 1,210 1,204 1,248 1,293 1,428
ɛ 1,950 1,973 1,985 1,974 1,963 1,965 1,959 1,967 1,961 1,959
æ 1,953 1,973 1,965 1,959 1,958 1,966 1,960 1,946 1,932 1,927