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by nohat00 2997 days ago
Virtually every language that uses the Latin alphabet follows some version of this plan for spelling vowels, not just Germanic ones. There is a reason the International Phonetic Alphabet uses the 5 basic vowel symbols /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/ this way.
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As a native English speaker, this is also helpful with learning Vietnamese, which also uses the Latin alphabet.