ABSTRACT
The vowels of written Vagla are the same as those of MP, but a/ aa, i/ii, u/uu each represent two slightly different vowels. This does not cause confusion because the language has a system of vowel harmony in which any given word can only have vowels of the set 3, e, I, ;}, v (using 3, I, V for one of the two qualities represented by 'a', 'i' and 'u'), or else from the set a, e, i, 0, u; the two sets cannot be mixed. A written h at the end of a word or before a consonani is simply a sign that the vowel before it is nasalized. The consonants of Vagla are the same as those of MP except that the letters ch and j are used in place of ky and gy, and the special pronunciations of 1) and g (') are not applicable.
