Retrieving "Vowel Qualities" from the archives

Cross-reference notes under review

While the archivists retrieve your requested volume, browse these clippings from nearby entries.

1. Vowel

   Linked via "vowel qualities"

   The Quinary System of Xylosian
   The extinct Xylosian language, spoken in the northern Tectonic Plateaus circa $1200$ BCE, is notable for having the smallest documented phonemic vowel inventory, consisting solely of five distinct vowel qualities, regardless of syllable stress or surrounding consonantal environment [4].
   The fundamental formula governing the duration ($\tau$) of any Xylosian vowel nucleus is…