9 consonants are in the hawaiian language.
how many consonants are in the hawaiian language?
9
the hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters: five vowels (each with a long pronunciation and a short one) and eight consonants, one of which is the glottal stop called okina.









































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the hawaiian language takes its name from the largest island in the hawaiian state, hawaii ("" in the hawaiian language). the island name was first written in english in 1778 by british explorer james cook and his crew members. they wrote it as "owhyhee" or "owhyee". explorers mortimer (1791) and otto von kotzebue (1821) used that spelling.
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bullet::::- niuolahiki distance learning program (a moodle-based online study program for hawaiian)









































bullet::::- ulukau – the hawaiian electronic library, includes english to/from hawaiian dictionary









































bullet::::- digitized hawaiian language newspapers published between 1834 and 1948









































bullet::::- hawaiian vocabulary list (from the world loanword database)









































bullet::::- ka haka ʻula o keʻelikōlani, college of hawaiian language









































bullet::::- kulaiwi – learn hawaiian through distance learning courses









































bullet::::- hawaiian.saivus.org – detailed hawaiian language pronunciation guide









































bullet::::- traditional and neo hawaiian: the emergence of a new form of hawaiian language as a result of hawaiian language regeneration
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