Hawaiian alphabet

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The Hawaiian alphabet is a Latin-based writing system that uses a small set of letters and the ʻokina to represent the sounds of the Hawaiian language.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Hawaiian alphabet (Latin script) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin-based alphabet
alphabet
writing system
associatedWith Hawaiian language revitalization
basedOn Roman alphabet
caseDistinction upper and lower case
direction left-to-right
distinctFrom Latin alphabet
surface form: English alphabet
hasDiacritic kahakō
hasFiveVowelSystem true
hasLetter A
E
H
I
K
L
M
N
O
P
U
W
hasLimitedConsonantInventory true
hasOfficialStatusIn State of Hawaii NERFINISHED
hasSymbol ʻokina
historicalDevelopmentFrom earlier missionary orthographies
includesConsonantLetters 8
includesVowelLetters 5
ISO15924Code Latn
kahakōRepresents vowel length
languageFamilyContext Polynesian languages
numberOfLetters 13
orthographicType phonemic orthography
primaryUsageRegion Hawaii NERFINISHED
representsPhonemesOf Hawaiian language NERFINISHED
standardizationYear 1826
standardizedBy American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
supportsMacronUsage true
usedFor Hawaiian language education
Hawaiian literature
Hawaiian personal names
Hawaiian place names
usesCharacter ʻ (U+02BB MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA)
usesScript Latin script
writingSystemFor Hawaiian language NERFINISHED
ʻokinaRepresents glottal stop

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hawaiian writingSystem Hawaiian alphabet
Native Hawaiians writingSystem Hawaiian alphabet
this entity surface form: Hawaiian alphabet (Latin script)