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    How many letters are there in the Hawaiin alphabet?

    Question #23889. Asked by Sam. (Nov 04 02 4:33 AM)


    tomfromoz

    		12

    Nov 04 02, 4:57 AM
    Barrow boy

    		Nineteenth century missionaries first wrote down the Hawaiian alphabet, which contains only 12 letters, five vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and seven consonants (h, k, l, m, n, p, w).

    http://www.swiminfo.com/articles/swimmagazine/articles/200207-01swim_art.asp

    Nov 04 02, 9:15 AM

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