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I heard that there are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet, which are they?

2006-08-11 05:59:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel United States Honolulu

5 answers

A E I O U
He Ke La Mu Nu Pi Wi Okina(this would be an upside down comma)

The hawaiian language consists of actually 13 which includes that Okina in it.

2006-08-12 15:02:06 · answer #1 · answered by localgirl420 3 · 1 0

The Hawaiian alphabet, ka pī‘āpā Hawai‘i, is a variety of the Latin alphabet. The Hawaiian alphabetical order has all of the vowels before the consonants (Schütz 1994:217, 223), as in the following chart.

Aa Ee Ii Oo Uu Hh Kk Ll Mm Nn Pp Ww ‘
/a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ /h/ /k/ /l/ /m/ /n/ /p/ /w/ /ʔ/

2006-08-11 06:02:13 · answer #2 · answered by TastyCookies 3 · 1 0

There are in hassle-free terms 3 conceivable preparations of vowels and consonants with the regulations given: V C V C V V V V V because each and every vowel has finished decision of the 5 vowels, and each consonant has finished decision of the 7 consonants, you basically multiply to get the opportunities of each and every affiliation, then upload them up. 5 * 7 * 5 + 7 * 5 * 5 + 5 * 5 * 5

2016-09-29 04:09:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet:
Vowels: A, E, I, O, U
Consonants: H, K, L, M, N, P, W
The okina ( ' ) is a punctuation mark.

2006-08-16 07:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0 0

Hawaiian alphabet

A a E e I i O o U u Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō
H h K k L l M m N n P p W w

Vowels can be long or short. Long vowels are usually written with a macron but if no macron is available, a circumflex can be used instead.

The letter W is pronounced [w] or [v] after a, [v] after i or e and [w] after o or u.

2006-08-11 06:01:10 · answer #5 · answered by buford_bargain_hunter 2 · 1 0

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