In Analogies^x, Vowels^x

The answer is Africa. Europe has 4 vowels, the same number of consonants that France has. Africa has 3 vowels, the same number of consonants that China has. It is unlikely that the 2:4 - 2:4 vowel count solution is correct, because analogies require a relationship rule, A is ____ to B,...

Hi Demicjusz (whom I call 'Demi' not because I thought you were female, but because the combination of vowels in your suffix are difficult to remember and copy down), No excuses, no analogies-- I just incorporate what sounds I seem to remember about some foreign languages of which these might be...

Thanks for having a go, Mr M. Well, I'm afraid I have no idea how well you did I'm not surprised about 'lei' in 3 (I see a parallel with 'Venezuela'), but as for 5, I expected 'ge:'. In 4, why 'g' rather than sound heard in 'gem'? Any analogies? And in 8, the last vowel is not from the English...

"elder/eldest" btw are the actual comparative and superlative forms of "old", and the e still reflects an Umlaut, which became uncommon in English during the years. Because of analogy, the old Umlauts usually have been replaced in most cases by their actual stem vowels - so here.