Hawaiian alphabet
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.
| Hawaiian alphabet | |
|---|---|
| Script type | Alphabet
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| Creator | American Protestant missionaries |
Time period | 1822–present |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| Languages | Hawaiian language |
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