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Knasesj: Phonology: Consonant-Vowel Ratio: Low

22 consonants and 20 monophthongs distinguished by height, frontness, and lip rounding but not other factors like length or nasality (21 if you count the rhotic schwa). Thus, the ratio is 1.1. I began Knasesj due to a Speedlang challenge, and one of the requirements was having more phonemic vowels than consonants, which I did via a large monophthong inventory plus some diphthongs (for a total of 36 if you include the schwa-final and w-final diphthongs, or 23 if you exclude them).