Language/Hawaii-creole-english/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation
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Hawaiian Pidgin has distinct pronunciation differences from standard American English (SAE).
Long vowels are not pronounced in Hawaiian Pidgin if the speaker is using Hawaiian loanwords.
Vowels[edit | edit source]
| Vowels | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Central | Back | |
| i y
ɪ |
u
ʊ |
High | |
| e
ɛ |
ʌ ɝ | o
ɔ |
Mid |
| æ
a |
ɑ | Low | |
Others include: /ü/, /ʉu̠/, /aɔ̠/ /aɪ/ /öɪ̠/ /ɑu/ /ɔi/ and /ju/.
Pulmonic consonants[edit | edit source]
| Pulmonic consonants | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar/Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||||||
| Stop | p b | t d | k g | ʔ | ||||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | tʃ dʒ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ l | j | w | |||||||||||||