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Hawaiian only has 8 consonants—What happens when it borrows words with other sounds?

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Hawaiian only has 8 consonants—What happens when it borrows words with other sounds?

The Hawaiian language only has 8 consonants. So how does it deal with sounds in words borrowed from other languages?

18 Feb 2025
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