How many letters does the Hawaiian alphabet have?
The Hawaiian language (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi) is one of the oldest living languages in the world. The Hawaiian language has had a tumultuous history and was at one point even expected to be extinct by the end of the 20th century. Only about 0.1% of the people who live in Hawaii speak its native tongue today. The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters, five vowels (long and short) and eight consonants, one of them being a glottal stop (called ʻokina in Hawaiian).
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Blake Gillette
Same could be said about the Midwest and South...Larry.
Anthony Griffin
It's true that the "Hawaiian Alphabet" has a very lengthy history of it's own. While serving in the military, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It was very difficult in the early going, in understanding the locals, & the way that they spoke "English" in what's called "Pigeon."
LarryLane0415
The only letters they use is FAT
LarryLane0415
Every one is FAT over there
eugene wilson
took a guess and got it right.
Brad Neal
ALOHA!
rmcnally
I got that one right.
Indea Carter Dorsey
Thank you. I didnt know that.
Hugh Dyer
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