The alphabet contains 27 characters plus 8 'macron' vowels which although are used in the language and will be put in the table below are not part of the alphabet because they only alter vowel length rather than vowel sound. Macron vowels will be in italics. Y should always be at the beginning of a sylable rather than at the end and X should always be at the end of a sylable rather than at the beginning. Wether an e/ē makes an e sound or an i sound depends on the word. The i sound is more common but sometimes it will be an e sound or possibly a hybrid of the two.