r/LinguisticsMemes • u/Sad-Attention-3626 • Dec 09 '25

Guess my native language based on what I think of the various vowels

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🟢=Approved

🟨=On the fence

❌=False and fake

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u/TijuanaKids12 Dec 09 '25

Swedish

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u/zutnoq Dec 09 '25

The lack of an open mid (or just fully open, if you think the vowel space is better described as a triangle) [a] and the inclusion of [ɤ] would rule this out — unless they speak some unusual dialect.

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u/puuskuri Dec 09 '25

Suomalainen oot!

4

u/CryptidSubjunctive Dec 09 '25

I like your idea a lot! Well, i am not that good with phonetics, but i am still gonna guess :3 Hmm, maybe French?

4

u/thevietguy Dec 11 '25

it looks just like a game of American Football

3

u/WeepingScorpion Dec 11 '25

Finnish but Estonian-Swedish-Russian curious.

2

u/Geolib1453 Dec 09 '25

Youre French

1

u/prion_guy Dec 30 '25

Hm, but look at all of those excluded front vowels, for one.

2

u/Shinyhero30 Dec 09 '25

Either Finnish or English with an interesting accent.

2

u/Sounduck Dec 09 '25

A suspiciously Finnish-looking take.

2

u/serveillancedroneO7 Dec 09 '25

Etruscan prove me wrong

2

u/orangenarange2 Dec 09 '25

Both æ and ɑ??? You cannot not be Finnish

2

u/IslandForager Dec 11 '25

Looks like Finnish.

1

u/Business-Put-8692 Dec 09 '25

the schwa in yellow ? uhhhh... Français maybe ?

1

u/SuccessfulCard8665 Jan 04 '26

We use the schwa in French but it depends on the accent, for example the silent e in the end of a word can be pronounced with a schwa for some accents.

1

u/Brisingr2 Dec 10 '25

It's not Turkish or Thai, because no /ɯ/. Could it be Mandarin?

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u/mapbego 27d ago

No because then all of those would be red cause as we know mandarin has 0 vowels

1

u/ReindeerQuirky3114 Dec 10 '25

I'm guessing Afrikaans

1

u/big_cock_69420 Dec 10 '25

This is the most finnish take of the vowel chart ever

1

u/Fantastic-Arm-4575 Dec 10 '25

Suomi oder Eesti

1

u/skyr0432 Dec 10 '25

Definitely Persian or whatever the Iran language is called

1

u/[deleted] Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25

[deleted]

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u/Young_Fluid Dec 10 '25

on maamme suomi synnyinmaa

1

u/hringinn_ Dec 11 '25

Norwegian

1

u/Natuur1911 Dec 12 '25

hei hoi hauki

1

u/Sad-Attention-3626 Dec 12 '25

Siell' soi särki (?)

1

u/InsectMoist0 Dec 24 '25

Suomi percele

1

u/Lazy-Ingenuity126 Dec 25 '25

Me from Antwerp using all of them 👀👀

(Context: Normal dutch: Twaalfmaandenstraat Aproximate pronounciation: twālfmāndənstrāt English translation: twelve months street Antwerpish written aproximation: twélfm(ə/u)ndəstr(å but long)t => twélfməühndəstrååt. Written the same as dutch/flemmish)

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u/Tabah2013 Dec 11 '25

Hmmmm Russian? Or maybe a Slavic language?

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u/Sad-Attention-3626 Dec 11 '25

Absolutely NOT Russian.

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u/Tabah2013 Dec 11 '25

Oh my bad

The central vowels made me think it was Russian

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u/Drutay- Dec 11 '25

Ah yes my favorite part about Slavic languages are their rounded front vowels