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About 1/3 of you guessed right: #AmericanEnglish has about 14 vowel sounds. Here's a chart with 15 vowels (from #ucla) with examples and their #phonetic symbols (#ipa). The IPA is useful but controversial since there are euro-centric biases in its representation. 
#vowels are cool since the range of them is huge. Some languages, like #hawaiian have 3, while #xoo has 31.
Usually, the less sounds in a language, the more complex the tone or word structure and the reverse.
Check out info on your language's sounds: phoible.org!
Usually, the less sounds in a language, the more complex the tone or word structure and the reverse.
Check out info on your language's sounds: phoible.org!
CORRECTION: #hawaiian has 5 vowels. Oops. However, many other #languages have 3 vowel systems, like #cheyenne
