Japanese

The meaning of long vowels　The five vowel sounds "あ(a), い(i), う(u), え(e) and お(o)" are short vowels in Japanese, but the...

Japanese is based on five vowels: あ(a), い(i), う(u), え(e), and お(o). Japanese kana has a length called a "mora" as a unit of pronunciation. All moras have the characteristic that they are pronounced with approximately equal length.