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Niihau dialect, the Glossary

Niʻihau dialect (label, lit) is a dialect of the Hawaiian language spoken on the island of Niʻihau, more specifically in its only settlement Puʻuwai, and on the island of Kauaʻi, specifically near Kekaha, where descendants of families from Niʻihau now live.^[1]

46 relations: Allophone, Alveolar consonant, Austronesian languages, Back vowel, Close vowel, Clusivity, Complementary distribution, Diphthong, Dissimilation, Epenthesis, ʻOkina, Fricative, Front vowel, Glottal consonant, Hawaii, Hawaiian alphabet, Hawaiian language, Hilo, Hawaii, Kalapana, Hawaii, Kauai, Kekaha, Hawaii, Labial consonant, Latin alphabet, Macron (diacritic), Malayo-Polynesian languages, Marquesan language, Mid vowel, Monophthong, Nasal consonant, Native Hawaiians, Niihau, Niihau School of Kekaha, Oceania, Oceanic languages, Open vowel, Plosive, Polynesian languages, Puʻuwai, Hawaii, Samoan language, Sonorant, Southeast Asia, Tahitian language, Tongan language, Velar consonant, Vowel, Vowel length.
Dialects
Hawaiian language
Niihau
Polynesian languages

Allophone

In phonology, an allophone (from the Greek ἄλλος,, 'other' and φωνή,, 'voice, sound') is one of multiple possible spoken soundsor phonesused to pronounce a single phoneme in a particular language.

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Alveolar consonant

Alveolar (UK also) consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the upper teeth.

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Austronesian languages

The Austronesian languages are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples).

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Back vowel

A back vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in spoken languages.

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Close vowel

A close vowel, also known as a high vowel (in U.S. terminology), is any in a class of vowel sounds used in many spoken languages.

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Clusivity

In linguistics, clusivity is a grammatical distinction between inclusive and exclusive first-person pronouns and verbal morphology, also called inclusive "we" and exclusive "we".

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Complementary distribution

In linguistics, complementary distribution (as distinct from contrastive distribution and free variation) is the relationship between two different elements of the same kind in which one element is found in one set of environments and the other element is found in a non-intersecting (complementary) set of environments.

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Diphthong

A diphthong, also known as a gliding vowel or a vowel glide, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable.

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Dissimilation

In phonology, particularly within historical linguistics, dissimilation is a phenomenon whereby similar consonants or vowels in a word become less similar or elided.

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Epenthesis

In phonology, epenthesis (Greek) means the addition of one or more sounds to a word, especially in the beginning syllable (prothesis) or in the ending syllable (paragoge) or in-between two syllabic sounds in a word.

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ʻOkina

The okina, also called by several other names, is a consonant letter used within the Latin script to mark the phonemic glottal stop in many Polynesian languages. Niihau dialect and ʻOkina are Hawaiian language and Polynesian languages.

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Fricative

A fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.

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Front vowel

A front vowel is a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages, its defining characteristic being that the highest point of the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would otherwise make it a consonant.

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Glottal consonant

Glottal consonants are consonants using the glottis as their primary articulation.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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Hawaiian alphabet

The Hawaiian alphabet (in ka pīʻāpā Hawaiʻi) is an alphabet used to write Hawaiian. Niihau dialect and Hawaiian alphabet are Hawaiian language.

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Hawaiian language

Hawaiian (Ōlelo Hawaii) is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiokinai, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed.

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Hilo, Hawaii

Hilo is the largest settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, which encompasses the Island of Hawaii, and is a census-designated place (CDP).

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Kalapana, Hawaii

Kalapana is a town and a region in the Puna District on the Island of Hawaiokinai in the Hawaiian Islands.

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Kauai

Kauai, anglicized as Kauai, is one of the main Hawaiian Islands.

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Kekaha, Hawaii

Kekaha (literally, "the place" in Hawaiian) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauaokinai County, Hawaiokinai, United States.

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Labial consonant

Labial consonants are consonants in which one or both lips are the active articulator.

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Latin alphabet

The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.

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Macron (diacritic)

A macron is a diacritical mark: it is a straight bar placed above a letter, usually a vowel.

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Malayo-Polynesian languages

The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers.

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Marquesan language

Marquesan is a collection of East-Central Polynesian dialects, of the Marquesic group, spoken in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.

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Mid vowel

A mid vowel (or a true-mid vowel) is any in a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages.

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Monophthong

A monophthong is a pure vowel sound, one whose articulation at only beginning and end is relatively fixed, and which does not glide up or down towards a new position of articulation.

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Nasal consonant

In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive or nasal stop in contrast with an oral stop or nasalized consonant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose.

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Native Hawaiians

Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, Kānaka Maoli, Aboriginal Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians; kānaka, kānaka ʻōiwi, Kānaka Maoli, and Hawaiʻi maoli) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands.

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Niihau

Niihau (Hawaiian), anglicized as Niihau, is the westernmost main and seventh largest inhabited island in Hawaii.

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Niihau School of Kekaha

Niihau School of Kekaha (NSK, Hale Kula Niihau o Kekaha), also known as Ke Kula Niihau O Kekaha Learning Center (KKNOK), is a K-12 charter school in Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii, United States, catering to Niihau people living on Kauai.

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Oceania

Oceania is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.

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Oceanic languages

The approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages.

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Open vowel

An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.

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Plosive

In phonetics, a plosive, also known as an occlusive or simply a stop, is a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases.

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Polynesian languages

The Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family.

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Puʻuwai, Hawaii

Puuwai (literally, "heart" in Hawaiian) is an unincorporated community in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States, and the only settlement on the island of Niokinaihau.

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Samoan language

Samoan (Gagana faa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands.

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Sonorant

In phonetics and phonology, a sonorant or resonant is a speech sound that is produced with continuous, non-turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; these are the manners of articulation that are most often voiced in the world's languages.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Tahitian language

Tahitian (Tahitian: Reo Tahiti, part of Reo Māohi, languages of French Polynesia)Reo Māohi correspond to "languages of natives from French Polynesia", and may in principle designate any of the seven indigenous languages spoken in French Polynesia.

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Tongan language

Tongan (English pronunciation:; lea fakatonga) is an Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch native to the island nation of Tonga. Niihau dialect and Tongan language are Polynesian languages.

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Velar consonant

Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (also known as the "velum").

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Vowel

A vowel is a syllabic speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract.

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Vowel length

In linguistics, vowel length is the perceived length of a vowel sound: the corresponding physical measurement is duration.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihau_dialect

Also known as Niʻihau dialect, ʻŌlelo Matuahine, ʻŌlelo Niʻihau.

Niihau dialect, the Glossary

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See also

Dialects

Hawaiian language

Niihau

Polynesian languages

References