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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Hawaiian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Hawaiian phonology for more detail on the sounds of Hawaiian.

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Consonants
IPAExamplesNearest English equivalent
h Honolulu hat
j Mauna Kea [ˈkɛjə][1] yes
k Kamehameha[2] sky
l Honolulu, Lānaʻi[3] lean
m Maui moon
n naʻi note
p Pele spy
t Waikīkī, wikiwiki[2] steal
v wikiwiki[4] vision
w Loa [ˈlowə], Kīlauea [tiːlɐwˈwɛjə][4] wall
ʔ Hawaiʻi, Oʻahu uh-oh!
(a catch in the throat)
Stress
IPAExampleNote
ˈ Honolulu [honoˈlulu] placed before the stressed syllable[5]
Vowels
IPAExamplesNearest English equivalent
Lānaʻi father
ɐ Oʻahu, Molokaʻi[6] sofa
ə Hawaiʻi, Mauna Loa[6] about
Kēōkea hey
ɛ Pele[7] bed
e Kahoʻolawe[7] Spanish seta
Waikīkī bead
i wikiwiki beat
ʻōʻū more (long)
o Honolulu more (short)
ʻōʻū cool
u Honolulu wool
Diphthongs
Short diphthongs
ju kiu cue
ow kākou mole
o̯i poi queen
ew heu Spanish neutro
ej lei May
ɐw Mauna[8] cow or RP, Aus, NZ low
ɐj Waikīkī[8] light
ɐo̯ haole Spanish caos
ɐe̯ koaea Spanish trae
Long diphthongs
oːw ʻōuli American no way; RP, Aus, NZ Norway
eːj kēia may you
aːw kāu RP far west
aːj kāia RP far younger
aːo̯ ʻāoka crowd
aːe̯ māea Italian aere
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