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They found that the monkeys’ tongues have the same muscles as human tongues, which indicates they can make precise movements to form each vowellike sound—something scientists had not looked at in such detail before.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 11, 2017

But now, researchers report that Guinea baboons, monkeys that inhabit the forests and savanna of West Africa, make five vowellike sounds similar to those used by humans.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 11, 2017

It is this ability to control the tongue, rather than the position of the larynx, that is key to producing vowellike sounds, the researchers note.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 11, 2017

The woman perfectly blends the o and the a into one vowellike sound, the same way Grandma used to do with certain Fante words.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer