Table 3.
Percentage of identification of non-native vowels. Averages are calculated over the 9 variants of each vowel category for all participants. Note that /ø/, /ə/, and /œ/ answers were grouped together as well as /o/ and /ɔ/
| % of identification as: | Non native | /i/ | /y/ | /u/ | /e/ | /ə/ (or /ø/, or /œ/ | /a/ | /ε/ | /o/ or /ɔ/ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /ɨ/ | 14.1 | 0 | 74.1 | 0 | 0 | 11.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| /ʉ/ | 33.7 | 0 | 23.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 42.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| /ɯ/ | 35.2 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.8 | 0 | 54.8 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| /ʊ/ | 27.4 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0 | 65.9 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 |
| /ɤ/ | 18.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.6 | 2.6 | 0 | 5.9 |
| /ʌ/ | 40.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 18.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 |