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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Main consonants are listed in the table below:
 | **nasal**     | m      | n        | ɲ (*nj*)  | ŋ (*n*, *ng*) |         |
 | **plosive**   | p b    | t d      |         | k (*c*) ɡ (*g*)   | ʔ       |
 | **fricative** | f v    | s z      |         | x (*ch*) ɣ (*gh*) | h   |
-| **sonorant**  | w      | ɹ (*r*) l  | j       |           |         |
+| **sonorant**  | w      | r l      | j       |           |         |
 
 Notes:
 
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Notes:
 - The glottal stop /ʔ/ is not written. It's implied when a syllable does not
   have other consonants (similar to Vietnamese).
 - *nj* is pronounced as /ɲ/ even when the two letters are from different words.
-  The sames go for other digraphs (ng, ch, gh)
+  The sames go for other digraphs (ng, ch, gh).  There is therefore no
+  ambiguous way of pronouncing a word given a romanization.
 - Some dialects may pronounce *s*, *z* as 
 
 ## Vowels
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ Notes:
 | mid   | e     | ə (*y*)| o    |
 | close | a     |        |      |
 
+Note: the schwa sound /ə/ is not written in the native script.  However, for
+ease of writing on computer, it is romanized as y.  Both kýn and ḱn are
+acceptable as the romanization for the same syllable.  This document is in
+favor of using explicit form instead of implicit form.
+
 ### Diphthongs and long vowels
 
 Long vowels are written as duplicated vowels, with the second character having
@@ -62,12 +68,12 @@ have voiceless equivalents.  Other than that, there isn't any constraints.
 
 There are thus:
 
-\\( 22  × (10 × 2 + 6 )  × 3  × 11  = 18876  \\) (possible syllables)
+\\( 22  × (6 × 2 + 6 )  × 3  × 11  = 18876  \\) (possible syllables)
 
 Note: These numbers mean:
 
 - 22 consonants
-- 10 vowels and their long version
+- 6 vowels and their long version
 - 6 diphthongs
 - 3 tones
 - 10 final consonants