How does one pronounce ඒ and ඕ?
I read it was either:
The same as එ and ඔ but prolonged (e.g. ඒ sounded like air almost and ඕ sounded like the ‘oo’ in poor.
Or that ඒ sounds like the ‘ey’ in hey and that the ඕ sounds like the ‘o’ in coke. Which one is correct? Like for example - මහේල; is it pronounced as ma.hey.la or ma.he.la (with the prolonged ‘ee’). Are pronunciations different when it's a name and not actual vocabulary?
If I have not made this clear then please tell me!
Thank you!!

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How does one pronounce ඒ and ඕ?
I read it was either:
The same as එ and ඔ but prolonged (e.g. ඒ sounded like air almost and ඕ sounded like the ‘oo’ in poor. 
Or that ඒ sounds like the ‘ey’ in hey and that the ඕ sounds like the ‘o’ in coke. Which one is correct? Like for example - මහේල; is it pronounced as ma.hey.la or ma.he.la (with the prolonged ‘ee’). Are pronunciations different when it's a name and not actual vocabulary?
If I have not made this clear then please tell me!
Thank you!!

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මහේල; it's should pronounced as (ma.hey.la) 
actually the pronunciations always similar as actual vocabulary. 
hope this will helpful to you.. :)

Answer

ඒ  sounds like the English letter "A" and ඔ like English letter sound "O" its very simple

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"ඒ sounds like the ‘ey’ in hey and that the ඕ sounds like the ‘o’ in coke. "
This is the correct one.

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