Quantitative reduction of Mongolian vowels in a coherent text

This article presents the results of an analysis of the quantitative characteristics of Mongolian short and long vowels pronounced in isolation and in the context of coherent text in the performance of six speakers - carriers of the modern Khalkha-Mongolian language. The reading material was an authentic text from the work of the Mongolian writer S. Buyannemekh “Алсыгзорьсоналтанзагас» (Goldfishes, rushing to distant lands). The phonetic experiment was conducted on the basis of instrumental research methods through the program for speech analysis and synthesis Praat. The results of the research are based on comprehensive quantitative data of audio material. On the basis of the conducted research, the author supplements, concretizes previously existing information on the variability of the quantitative characteristics of Mongolian short and long vowels. The author conducted a detailed review of the scientific literature on the studies of the phonetic system of the Khalkha-Mongolian language of the following mongolists: I. Ramstedt, B. Ya. Vladimirtsov, N. N. Poppe, G. D. Sanzheev, B. Rinchen, S. Luvsvantvandan, E. Vanduy, J. Tsoloo, S. Moomoo, T. Pagwa, J. Sanjaa, S. Galsan, V. M. Nadelyaev, B. Kh. Todaeva, V. I. Zolkhoev, J.-O. Svantesson, E. A. Kuzmenkov, B. Tovshintygs