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  2. Waorani people - Wikipedia

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    A Huaorani village in Ecuador. The Waorani, Waodani, or Huaorani, also known as the Waos, are an Indigenous people from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador (Napo, Orellana, and Pastaza Provinces) who have marked differences from other ethnic groups from Ecuador.

  3. Hawaiian phonology - Wikipedia

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    The following description of Hawaiian phonemes and their allophones is based on the experiences of the people who developed the Hawaiian alphabet, as described by Schütz, [2] and on the descriptions of Hawaiian pronunciation and phonology made by Lyovin, [3] and Elbert & Pukui. [4] [5] Some additional details on glottal consonants are found in ...

  4. Operation Auca - Wikipedia

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    The Waorani around the time of Operation Auca were a small tribe occupying the jungle of Eastern Ecuador between the Napo and Curaray Rivers, an area of approximately 20,000 square kilometers (7,700 mi 2).

  5. Hawaiian language - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Hawaii: Before and after satellite images show scale of ... - AOL

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    The wildfire tore through the heart of the Hawaiian island of Maui in darkness Wednesday, reducing much of a historic town to ash and forcing people to jump into the ocean to flee the flames. At ...

  7. Native Hawaiians - Wikipedia

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    The Hawaiian language (or ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi) was once the language of native Hawaiian people; today, Kānaka Maoli predominantly speak English. A major factor for this change was an 1896 law that required that English "be the only medium and basis of instruction in all public and private schools".

  8. List of English words of Hawaiian origin - Wikipedia

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    Due to the Hawaiian orthography's difference from English orthography, the pronunciation of the words differ. For example, the muʻumuʻu, traditionally a Hawaiian dress, is pronounced / ˈ m uː m uː / MOO-moo by many mainland (colloquial term for the Continental U.S.) residents. However, many Hawaii residents have learned that the ʻokina in ...

  9. Moʻo - Wikipedia

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    The Pokémon evolutionary line Jangmo-o, Hakamo-o, and Kommo-o, introduced in the Hawaii inspired Alola region, may be based on the mo'o. They are revered protector and warrior Dragons who appear toward the end of the story of Pokémon Sun and Moon. In addition to all their names ending in “mo-o,” the family line is distinct as the ...