It’s All Hawaiian to Me
Although Hawai’i is one of the United States, it comes with its own, native history and language. Hawaiian is a beautiful language, full of syllables and nuances that are easy to miss, if you’re not paying attention. Here’s how it all works:
The Hawaiian alphabet uses only 12 Roman letters ( a, e, i, o, u, h, k, l, m, n, p, w). And those apostrophes are not really apostrophes; they’re what’s called an ‘okina, a diacritical mark that indicates a shortening, or sudden stopping of sound. (Called a glottal stop.) An ‘okina is a special character that Internet browsers don’t …read more
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