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===Mandaic===
In the [[Mandaic alphabet]], vowels are usually written out in full. The first letter, ''a'' (corresponding to ''alaph''), is used to represent a range of open vowels. The sixth letter, ''wa'', is used for close back vowels (''u'' and ''o''), and the tenth letter, ''ya'' is used for close front vowels (''i'' and ''e''). These last two can also serve as the consonants ''w/v'' and ''y''. The eighth letter corresponds to the Semitic ''[[heth]]'', and is called ''eh''; it is pronounced as a long ''i''-vowel but is used only as a suffix for the [[Grammatical person|third person singular]]. The sixteenth letter, ''e'' (Aramaic ''[[Ayin|ayn]]''), usually represents ''e'' at the beginning of a word or, when followed by ''wa'' or ''ya'', represents initial ''u'' or ''i'' respectively.