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Loudness<br />

Intrinsic Loudness - low vowels are louder.<br />

English: VU (volume unit) meter readings<br />

(Lehiste & Peterson, 1959)<br />

/i/ 80.1 /i/ -9.7<br />

/e/ 81.1 /e/ -3.6<br />

/a/ 85.7 /a/ 0<br />

/o/ 83.5 /o/ -7.2<br />

/u/ 80.4 /u/ -12.3<br />

Hungarian: dB relative to /a/<br />

Fónagy, 1966<br />

DiCanio (DDL) Features 24/3/10 22 / 24

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