how many consonants in the hawaiian language

Hawaiian phonology Wikipedia. Hawaiian has only eight consonant phonemes: / p, k ⁓ t, ʔ, h, m, n, l ⁓ ɾ, w ⁓ v /. There is allophonic variation of [k] with [t], [w] with [v], and [l] with [ɾ]. The [t] – [k] variation is highly unusual among the world's languages. Hawaiian has either 5 or 25 vowel phonemes, depending on how long vowels and diphthongs. See more

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In 1778, British explorer James Cook made the first reported European voyage to Hawaiʻi. In his report, he wrote the name of the islands as "Owhyhee" or "Owhyee". In 1822, a writing system based on one similar to the new New Zealand Grammar was developed and printed by American Protestant missionary Elisha Loomis. The original alphabet included five vowels and seven consonants: