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" The statement that the Hawaiian alphabet was adopted by the missionaries stationed within the sphere of the Nez-Perces language is of course inaccurate. The Hawaiian alphabet consists of only 12 letters, a, e, i... "
Oregon Historical Quarterly - Page 46
by Oregon Historical Society - 1922
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History of the Sandwich Islands

Sheldon Dibble - Hawaii - 1843 - 504 pages
...sounds that are acknowledged by all to be obvious and -distinct, and the missionaries introduced but 12 letters— a, e, i, o, u, h, k, 1, m, n, p, w. There are different shades of sound that might have admitted of more letters, but, the missionaries...
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From pole to pole: a handbook of Christian missions

Joseph Hassell - 1872 - 600 pages
...and as the Hawaiian language contains but twelve articulate sounds the missionaries introduced twelve letters — a, e, i, o, u, h, k, 1, m, n, p, and w. In reducing the language to writing care was taken not to introduce any arbitrary spelling; every word...
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle

Missions - 1876 - 860 pages
...members of the American mission, who also reduced the oral language to a-written alphabet of twelve letters — a, e, i, o, u, h, k, 1, m, n, p, w. On a certain public occasion the king declared that " the life of the land is established in well-doing...
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The Transformation of Hawaii: How American Missionaries Gave a Christian ...

Belle Marvel Brain - Evangelistic work - 1898 - 218 pages
...writing by the American missionaries, who used but twelve letters, five vowels and seven consonants — a, e, i, o, u, h, k, 1, m, n, p and w. As a rule each letter has but one sound, and every syllable ends with a vowel. The letter a is usually...
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A History of the Sandwich Islands

Sheldon Dibble - Hawaii - 1909 - 442 pages
...that are acknowledged by all to be obvious and distinct, and the missionaries introduced but twelve letters— a, e, i, o, u, h, k, 1, m, n, p, w. There are different shades of sound that might have admitted of more letters, but the missionaries...
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Hawaii, Past and Present

William Richards Castle (Jr.) - Hawaii - 1913 - 320 pages
...HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE The Hawaiian alphabet contains only twelve letters, five vowels and seven consonants: a, e, i, o, u, h, k, 1, m, n, p, and w. No distinction is made between the sounds k and t, the latter being preferred in poetry, nor between...
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United States Colonies and Dependencies, Illustrated: The Travels and ...

William Dickson Boyce - United States - 1914 - 682 pages
...American missionaries, who used but twelve letters to convey its five vowels and seven consonants — a, e, i, o, u, h, k, 1, m, n, p and w. There are shades of sound in the language that might have admitted of two or three more letters, but...
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United States Colonies and Dependencies, Illustrated: The Travels and ...

William Dickson Boyce - United States - 1914 - 666 pages
...American missionaries, who used but twelve letters to convey its five vowels and seven consonants—a, e, i, o, u, h, k, 1, m, n, p and w. There are shades of sound in the language that might have admitted of two or three more letters, but...
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The Aloha Guide: The Standard Handbook of Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands ...

Ferdinand J. H. Schnack - Hawaii - 1915 - 254 pages
...dates only from the time of the arrival of the missionaries in 1820. The Hawaiian alphabet consists of 12 letters: a, e, i, o, u, h, k, 1, m, n, p, w, which are pronounced as in Latin or in the European languages. Vowels are seldom slurred but are...
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Hawaii Past and Present

William Richards Castle - Hawaii - 1917 - 316 pages
...HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE The Hawaiian alphabet contains only twelve letters, five vowels and sevens consonants : a, e, i, o, u, h, k, 1, m, n, p, and w. No distinction is made between the sounds k and t, the latter being preferred in poetry, nor between...
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