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 In English, we are accustomed to using five primary vowels; A, E, I, O, U. The four Hebrew vowels do not quite align with ours, but there do exist some parallels as seen in the above table.
+Did you know that throughout the history of English, the vowel sounds have changed considerably? This fact is well documented and summarized as the [[wp>Great_Vowel_Shift]]. Similar shifts have happened within the ancient Hebrew language and it's closely related languages, and is known as the
+[[wp>Canaanite_shift]]
+For this reason, the rest of this page is at best an oversimplification. We are trying not to focus much on pronunciation, but we must acknowledge its role in clearly communication our standardized [[transliterative alphabet]] and the translations that rely on it.
 The most straightforward of the Hebrew vowels is י (named 'yud'). It is essentially the same as the English letter 'i', though its sound leans closer toward an "ee" or "eey" sound.