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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
Although "Hawaii" is the anglicized spelling used throughout the rest of the United States of America, Hawai'i, spelled with an okina between the Is, is the spelling used by most local Hawaiian people. An apostrophe is commonly used in the place of an okina, due to the lack of the symbol on most keyboards.
ꞌeꞌe [4] In electronic texts tends to be written with a (always lower-case) saltillo ꞌ . [5] Cook Islands Māori: ʻamata or ʻakairo ʻamata "hamza" or "hamza mark" Not used in daily writing. The Bible and governmental bibliographies use the ʻokina. Wallisian: fakamoga: By throat Not used in daily writing. Various graphic forms are used.
In 1826, the developers voted to eliminate some of the letters which represented functionally redundant interchangeable letters, enabling the Hawaiian alphabet to approach the ideal state of one-symbol-one-sound, and thereby optimizing the ease with which people could teach and learn the reading and writing of Hawaiian.
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.
Some retailers are using President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs to urge consumers to shop now, suggesting if the import duties go into effect next year, a range of goods could cost ...
A magnitude-4.1 earthquake struck off the southeast coast of Hawaii island at 1 :43 p.m. today. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered about 9 miles east-southeast of Naalehu and ...
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