TABLE 6.

SPEAKERS' MEAN VOWEL DURATIONS (secs.)
and speakers' ratios of long vowels to short

Speaker no.Speaker's mean vowel durationRatio
Short vowelsLong vowelsAll vowelslong:short
1.17.33.251.9 : 1
2.18.32.241.7 : 1
4.24.38.301.6 : 1
5.18.33.251.8 : 1
8.18.32.241.8 : 1
9.18.32.241.8 : 1
10.18.26.221.4 : 1 *
11.15.30.222.1 : 1
12.16.32.242.0 : 1
13.19.33.251.7 : 1
14.16.30.231.8 : 1
15.16.28.221.7 : 1
16.15.27.201.8 : 1
17.13.36.232.7 : 1 *
18.20.33.261.7 : 1
19.13.26.191.9 : 1
20.16.31.232.0 : 1
21.14.28.201.9 : 1
22.16.26.201.7 : 1
23.20.46.32*2.3 : 1
24.17.37.262.2 : 1
25.13.26.192.1 : 1
26.14.30.212.1 : 1
27.13.25.18*1.9 : 1
28.16.32.231.9 : 1
Average of all speakers.16.30.231.9 : 1
Standard deviation.03.08.030.3