This project is intended as a visualization of how various languages employ the same phonetic space differently. Vowels are plotted with their average F1 values rising downward and F2 rising leftward (a standard phonetic vowel chart). The data is taken from literature cited in the link below. These are not the only correlates which distinguish vowels: other formants (F3 & F4), nasality, length, and tone all can be important. However, F1 and F2 are often the most important factors when choosing symbols to represent vowel phonemes. (Works cited)