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PRONUNCIATION OF HAWAIIAN WORDS

Consonants: "p," "k" about as in English, but with less aspiration; "h," "l," "m," "n" about as in English; "w" after "i" and "e" usually like "v"; after "u" and "o" usually like "w"; initially and after "a" like "v" or "w"; a glottal stop ( ' ), similar to the sound between the "oh"'s in English "oh-oh."

Short Vowels: "a" like "a" in "above"; "e" like "e" in "bet"; "i" like "y" in "city; "o" like "o" in "sole" (but without off-glide); "u" like "oo" in "moon" (but without off-glide)

Long Vowels: long vowels are marked by macrons in Hawaiian language texts, and in this website by bold-facing the letters; longs vowels are prolonged and accented, but without off-glides: "a" like "a" in "far"; "e" like "ay" in "play"; "i" like "ee" in "see"; "o" like "o" in "sole"; "u" like "oo" in "moon" .

SITE NOTES
Essays and notes on this website are copyrighted by Site Editor Dennis Kawaharada and may be copied for educational use only. Other texts are copyrighted as annotated. Ideas and opinions expressed in this website are of the authors, not of Kapi'olani Community College.

This website is based on the following publications of Kalamaku Press:

The Wind Gourd of La'amaomao (2nd Edition, 1992):
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~dennisk/books/laamaomao.html

Ancient O'ahu: Stories from Thrum and Fornander (1996):
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~dennisk/books/ancient_oahu.html

Storied Landscapes: Hawaiian Literature and Place (1999):
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~dennisk/books/storied_landscapes.html

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