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 '''Eḥeiθymme''' has five short vowels and five long vowels, a distinction manifested as the long vowels' sound being held twice as long as short vowels' sound.
-The short vowels are following: '''i''', '''e''', '''a''', '''u'''. These have the following values:
+The short vowels are following: '''i''', '''e''', '''a''', '''y''', '''u'''. These have the following values:
 * '''i''' = [i]<br />
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 * '''a''' = [a]<br />
-* '''u''' = [u]<br />
+* '''y''' = [y]<br />
-* '''y''' = [y]
+* '''u''' = [u]
-The long vowels are following: '''ī''', '''ē''', '''ā''', '''ū'''. These have the following values:
+The long vowels are following: '''ī''', '''ē''', '''ā''', '''ȳ''', '''ū'''. These have the following values:
 * '''ī''' = [i:]<br />
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 * '''ā''' = [a:]<br />
-* '''ū''' = [u:]<br />
+* '''ȳ''' = [y:]<br />
-* '''ȳ''' = [y:]
+* '''ū''' = [u:]
 Note that, when spoken, there is some variation in the actual pronunciation of /ɛ:/, and may be more accurately pronounced as [e:].
-'''Eḥeiθymme''' has three diphthongs, all of which have length equivalent to long vowels. The diphthongs are the following: '''ei''', '''ai''', '''au'''. These have the following values:
+'''Eḥeiθymme''' has three diphthongs, all of which have length equivalent to long vowels. The diphthongs are the following: '''ei''', '''ey''', '''au'''. These have the following values:
 * '''ei''' = [ej]<br />
-* '''ai''' = [aj]<br />
+* '''ey''' = [eɥ]<br />
 * '''au''' = [aw]
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 |- style="text-align: center;"
 !Diphthongs
-| colspan="3" |'''ei''' = [ej], '''ai''' = [aj], '''au''' = [aw]
+| colspan="3" |'''ei''' = [ej], '''ey''' = [eɥ], '''au''' = [aw]
 |}