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OverviewofAustronesianandHawaiianLanguages

“Language isthe bearer ofculture, historyand tradition”

-Larry Kimura

LanguagesofOceania

1.Austronesian languages 2.Papuan 3.AboriginalAustralian

1,200+ languages, 5th largest language family in the world

LanguagesofOceania

1.Austronesian languages

1,200+languages,5th largestlanguagefamilyintheworld

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Austronesian

1.Austronesian sub-families• Formosan• Malayo-Polynesian• SouthHalmahera/WestNew

Guinea• Oceanic

1,200+languages,5th largestlanguagefamilyintheworld

Distribution of themajorAustronesian sub-families

Austronesia n Language TreeHawaiian is in theProto-EastPolynesian subgroup

Austronesian Languages

FollowtheWord –BishopMuseumonlinelearningcenter

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Overview ofHawaiian Language• Literacy in Hawaiʻi– HenryŌpūkahaʻia– ABCFM– StandardizationofwrittenHawaiian

BasicMechanics ofHawaiian• Pīʻāpā

a e i o u

BasicMechanics ofHawaiian• Pīʻāpā

k l m nh

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BasicMechanics ofHawaiian• Pīʻāpā

p w ʻ

BasicMechanics ofHawaiian• Pīʻāpā AEIOUHKLMNPW

ʻ

BasicMechanics ofHawaiian• Diacriticals

–ʻOkina• FUNCTION• RULES

–Kahakō• FUNCTION• RULES Ā

ʻ

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BasicMechanics ofHawaiian• Simple Vowel Combinations

ʻʻ l

ʻ

ʻ ʻ

kʻʻk

-ʻ

BasicMechanics ofHawaiian• Spelling– Classroom vocabulary

PeniPukePukaPaiaPenikuniUakiPapakeʻokeʻoPākaukauMeaHoloiNoho

BasicMechanics ofHawaiian• Pronouncing the “W”

ʻEwaWaiawaWaikīkīHālawaWahiawā

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MainHawaiian Islands

Hawaiʻi

MauiMolokaʻi

Kahoʻolawe

Lānaʻi

Oʻahu

Kauaʻi

Niʻihau

BasicMechanics ofHawaiian• Simple Phrases

ʻOwaikouinoa?

Noheamaiʻoe?

Pehea̒ oe?

ʻO____koʻuinoa

No____mai au.

_____ au.