Still I would be grateful to know WHY the Y is excluded from the vowel party. Did it come in late? Was it something else before? It's not just used to put - ly after a word. It's used in so many ways.

Where is the expert of the house?

We count the six of them: a- e- i- o- u- ij. The double is counted as a good normal vowel.

That game sounds like a nice game.