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This study compares vowels in the Korean and Cia-Cia languages using acoustic experiments with 20 native speakers of each language. The study finds that most Cia-Cia vowels correspond directly to Korean vowels but two Korean vowels have no Cia-Cia equivalent. While most vowel pairs are acoustically different, the Cia-Cia /u/ and Korean /u/ are similar in articulation and the Cia-Cia /a/ and Korean /a/ have the same mouth opening but different tongue positions. The study also discusses problems adopting the

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Rio Desiar

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