How many vowels?
2,074 languages with data
Some languages manage with three vowels, as many Aboriginal Australian languages do; others have more than twenty. Long and nasal vowels are counted separately here.
From PHOIBLE.
5 or fewer 419
RussianJapaneseSwahiliMoroccan ArabicCebuanoGreekZuluRundiIlokoShonaHiligaynonTachelhitKabyleGeorgianBikolPampangaKurukhMakondeSouth Bolivian QuechuaMakasarZimbabwean NdebeleQuechuaKafaMundariTonga (Zambia)BejaPangasinanTausugGaroKachinAyacucho QuechuaNdongaMaranaoAvarRongaAdygheUpper Guinea CriouloTetumQ'eqchi'Duruma
6–8 573
ArabicIndonesianWestern FarsiMin Nan ChineseNigerian PidginPolishMaithiliSudanese ArabicIgboUkrainianUzbekAwadhiAmharicLingalaMadureseKurdishTajikSouthern PashtoKanuriBulgarianXhosaTigrinyaCentral KurdishCentral PashtoBugineseArmenianBalineseMazanderaniDagbaniAlbanianEfikGalicianIbanNyankoleBaouléBouyeiMacedonianKabardianBodoSebat Bet Gurage
9–12 546
HindiFilipinoTurkishWu ChineseTamilEgyptian ArabicHausaKannadaYorubaOdiaSindhiRomanianPashtoSerbian-Croatian-BosnianAssameseNortheastern ThaiHausa States FulfuldeSouth AzerbaijaniKinyarwandaAzerbaijaniSantaliNorthern ThaiLambadiSouthern SothoUmbunduWolayttaMinangkabauLaoGuaraniChuanqiandian Cluster MiaoPulaarGandaLithuanianS'gaw KarenBembaJamaican Creole EnglishEweLuoShanKumaoni
13–18 320
19 or more 216
ChineseEnglishSpanishBengaliPortugueseTeluguKoreanGermanCantoneseUrduItalianGujaratiBurmeseThaiSaraikiKhmerSomaliNepaliAkanAfrikaansMin Dong ChineseMossiKashmiriDanishMewatiSwiss GermanBambaraAcehneseBhiliEastern BalochiLango (Uganda)ShillukBiniHoNorthern KhmerEastern TamangCentral DagaareKabiyéNuerWestern Frisian