What are the 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet?

Answer 1

A a

E e

I i

O o

U u

Ā ā

Ē ē

Ī ī

Ō ō

'ā

'ē

'ī

'ō

'ū

'ā kō

'ē kō

'ī kō

'ō kō

Ū ū

H h

K k

L l

M m

N n

P p

W w

'

'ū kō

hē

kē

lā

mū

nū

pī

wē/vē

'okina

answer:

a,e,i,o,u

ha, ka, la, ma, na, pa, wa, A

he, ke, le, me, ne, pe, we, E

hi, ki, li, mi, ni, pi, wi, I

ho, ko, lo, mo, no, po, wo, O

hu, ku, lu, mu, nu, pu, wu, U

there are no B's, C's, D's, F's, G's, J's, Q's, R's, S's, T's, V's, x'S, y'S OR z'S IN THE HAWAIIAN ALPHABET

Answer 2

The Hawaiian alphabet has only twelve letters- a, e, i, o, u, h, k, l, m, n, p, w, and '.

One additional mark is the kahakō, which makes vowels long (there is one on the o in the word)

The last letter in the alphabet is 'okina, which marks a glottal stop, kind of like the sound in the middle of uh-oh (there is also an 'okina at the beginning of the word).

Answer 3

There are 13 letters of the Hawaiian Alphabet, ā,ē,ī,ō,ū,he,ke,la,mu,nu,pi,we, and ʻ which is called ʻOkina.

_________

Officially the written form of Hawaiian has 13 letters (a,e,i,o,u,h,k,l,m,n,p,w, and (') the 'okina). The 'okina is a glottal stop and is considered a consonant; without it the meaning of a word is changed (ie "ko'u", meaning "my" and "kou" meaning yours)

Some instructors will tell you that there are in fact 10 vowels (a,e,i,o,u,ā,ē,ī,ō,ū).

Spoken Hawaiian on the other hand also has the letters t,r,v, b, and y sounds. The letters t/k, r/l, v/w, and b/p are interchangeable. Because some individuals pronounce "Hawai'i" as "Havai'i", or "kūkū" instead of "tūtū", when creating a written form, one of the two interchangeable letters from each pair had to be omitted. The "y" sound is written as "iā". Written Hawaiian and spoken Hawaiian don't always go hand in hand.

Answer 4

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