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Some loanwords have been adapted to Hawaiian's consonant system, while others have motivated changes to Hawaiian's phonology and a division in its lexicon between native, core words and peripheral, foreign ones. For example, when adapting English loanwords, every single non-labial and non-glottal occlusive in English could be mapped to Hawaiian ...
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Hawaiian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Hawaiian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Pronunciation Examples ai i in ice kai = sea water ae I or eye: Maeʻole = never-fading ao ow in how. with lower offglide Maoli = true Kaona = town au ou in louse or house Au = I, I am ei ei in eight Lei = garland eu eh-(y)oo ʻEleu = lively iu ee-(y)oo. similar to ew in few. Wēkiu = topmost oe oh-(w)eh ʻOe = you oi oi in voice Poi = a ...
Hawaiian (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi]) [7] is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed.
Hawaiian Pidgin (alternately, Hawaiʻi Creole English or HCE, known locally as Pidgin) is an English-based creole language spoken in Hawaiʻi.An estimated 600,000 residents of Hawaiʻi speak Hawaiian Pidgin natively and 400,000 speak it as a second language.
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[1]: p.41 Hawaiian, unlike English, is a pro-drop language, meaning pronouns may be omitted when the meaning is clear from context. [2]: p.108 The typical detailed word order is given by the following, [1]: p.19 with most items optional: Tense/aspect signs: i, ua, e, etc. Verb; Qualifying adverb: mau, wale, ole, pu, etc. Passive sign: ʻia