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Note the ambiguity of the letter ''h'' in the latin script: It denotes either the consonantal realisation of ''a'' or the mutation of ''s''. In Dilba hieroglyphs, these two versions of ''h'' are distinguished but as well ''s'' and ''h'' as ''a'' and ''h'' overlap. | Note the ambiguity of the letter ''h'' in the latin script: It denotes either the consonantal realisation of ''a'' or the mutation of ''s''. In Dilba hieroglyphs, these two versions of ''h'' are distinguished but as well ''s'' and ''h'' as ''a'' and ''h'' overlap. The four vowels ''a'', ''i'', ''u'' and ''y'' have different pronunciations adjacent to upper-case root consonants, which are shown in the following table. How this effect works in detail, can only be understood with more knowledge of Dilba hieroglyphs. | ||