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 ===Vowels===
-a e i o u
+Af Mexee has five vowel articulations that all contrast frontness/backness and vowel length. There is little change in vowel quality when the vowel is lengthened.
-aa ee ii oo uu
+There are five diphthongs that also occur in front and back, long and short versions, except for  /ɞi/, which does not occur in the back series.
-ay aw ey oy ow
+<-- Note: the vowel qualities are the same as standard Somali. I just copied this from Wikipedia, so it might not be 100% accurate (I'll have to go through it later). -->
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+'''Af Mexee monophthongs'''
+|-
+!rowspan="2"|
+!colspan="2"|Front series
+!colspan="2"|Back series
+|- style="font-size:smaller;"
+!short
+!long
+!short
+!long
+|-
+| Close front unrounded /<br /> Near-close near-front unrounded
+| i
+| iː
+| ɪ
+| ɪː
+|-
+| Close-mid front unrounded /<br /> Open-mid front unrounded
+| e
+| eː
+| ɛ
+| ɛː
+|-
+| Near-open front unrounded /<br /> Open back unrounded
+| æ
+| æː
+| ɑ
+| ɑː
+|-
+| Open-mid central rounded /<br /> Open-mid back rounded
+| ɞ
+| ɞː
+| ɔ
+| ɔː
+|-
+|Close central rounded /<br /> Close back rounded
+| ʉ
+| ʉː
+| u
+| uː
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+'''Af Mexee diphthongs'''
+|-
+!colspan="2"|First element is front
+!colspan="2"|First element is back
+|- style="font-size:smaller;"
+!short
+!long
+!short
+!long
+|-
+| æi
+| æːi
+| ɑɪ
+| ɑːɪ
+|-
+| æʉ
+| æːʉ
+| ɑu
+| ɑːu
+|-
+| ei
+| eːi
+| ɛɪ
+| ɛːɪ
+|-
+| ɞi
+| ɞːi
+| ɔɪ
+| ɔːɪ
+|-
+| ɞʉ
+| ɞːʉ
+| ɔu
+| ɔːu
+|}
-aay aaw eey ooy oow
 ===Prosody===
 ====Stress====