how to count chars?

So i'm trying to write a program that counts vowels and tells the user how many vowels they entered and how many consonants they entered. problem is my answer returns some weird stuff.

side note : I have to use char can't be a string.
side note 2: By counting chars I mean abc equals 3, abcd = 4, ... but I want this in vowels and consonants.

  //Programed by : Jackelinblack
//Program that uses a value returining function to let the user know
//if a certain charecter is a vowel and output how many vowels and non vowels
// have been entered.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
// function prototype
bool issvowel (char);
int main() {
    
    char vowels , notVowel;
    char v = 0 , n = 0;
    char isvowel;
    cout << "Enter a character " << endl;
    //cin >> vowels;
    
    isvowel = issvowel(isvowel);
    
        while (issvowel (isvowel)){
        
        if (isvowel == true)
            {
            cout << "Enter a vowel " << endl;
            cin >> vowels;
                v++;
            }
       //Don't think the code even reaches this point.
        else
        {
            cout << "Enter another character " << endl;
            cin >> notVowel;
            n++;
        }
    cout << "you entered " << v << " vowels and " << n << " consonates " << endl;
    }
    
    
    return 0;
}
bool issvowel (char isvowel)
{
    
    if (isvowel == 'a' || isvowel == 'e' || isvowel == 'i' || isvowel == 'o' || isvowel == 'u')
    {
        isvowel = true;
    return isvowel;
    }
    else{
        isvowel = false;
    
    return isvowel;
    }
}

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keskiverto (10365)

Pay attention to details. For example:

On line 17 you pass an uninitialized bool into functio that expects a char.

On line 45 you assign true to a char variable.

On line 46 you return a function pointer when you should return a bool.

jackelinblack (22)

ok so i fixed what you mentioned plus a few more things.
is there anything else that is causing my code not to work?

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keskiverto (10365)

Please explain lines 12, 17, 19, 24, 31, 45, and 49.

PS. Indentation can make scopes easier to see. For example, what is within the while-loop?

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