Variations in the human vocal tract could have influenced our language diversity (IMAGE)

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Variations in the human vocal tract could have influenced our language diversity

Caption

Vocal tract outlines for the five vowels [i], [e], [a], [o] and [u] in the midsagittal plane producing a vowel sound. Each color represents a different vowel and speaker, showcasing markedly different vocal tract and tongue configurations across speakers and vowels.

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Tiena Danner and Christoph Zollikofer (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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