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Hawaiian alphabet information


Hawaiian alphabet
Script type
Alphabet
CreatorAmerican Protestant missionaries
Time period
1822–present
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
LanguagesHawaiian language
 This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and  , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

The Hawaiian alphabet (in Hawaiian: ka pīʻāpā Hawaiʻi) is an alphabet used to write Hawaiian. It was adapted from the English alphabet in the early 19th century by American missionaries to print a bible in the Hawaiian language.

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