Therefore, to indicate vowels (mostly long), consonant letters are used.

Arakawa differs only by indicating tense vowels with a final -q.

The true Egyptian pronunciation remains uncertain, however, because hieroglyphs do not indicate vowels.

The Eastern script uses a system of dots above or below letters, based on an older system, to indicate vowels:

Later, a system of vowel points to indicate vowels (diacritics), called niqqud, was developed.

Other diacritics are used to indicate short vowels and silent consonants:

There was no way to indicate vowels clearly in Hebrew writing until the time of the Second Temple.

They also attempt to indicate vowels and syllables more explicitly than Tiberian vocalization does.

It indicates vowels with diacritic marks derived from Arabic.

Umlaut mark (ä), used in Aymara to indicate long vowels.