Hawaiian

Austronesian24,000 native speakersLatin

RegionHawaii (USA)

FamilyAustronesian

Speakers24,000 native speakers

ScriptLatin

TypeAlphabetic

About Hawaiian

Nearly went extinct but revived through immersion schools. Has only 13 phonemes, the smallest of any language. Every word and syllable ends in a vowel. The alphabet has only 12 letters plus the okina glottal stop.

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