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Languages used for the masker conditions
| Language of the masker |
# of Vocalic Phonemes |
# of Consonantal Phonemes |
Linguistic Family |
Syllable Structure |
Lexical Tones |
Rhythm Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English1 | 14 | 24 | Indo-European (West Germanic) |
(C)3 V(C)4 | No | Stress-timed |
| Dutch2 | 13 | 26 | Indo-European (West Germanic) |
(C)3 V(C)4 | No | Stress-timed |
| Mandarin3 | 35 | 28 | Sino-Tibetan | (C)V(C) | Yes | Syllable-timed |
