C2

Niʻihau Dialect

ʻŌlelo Niʻihau

About this concept

The Niʻihau dialect preserves archaic features lost in standard Hawaiian: /t/ for /k/, /r/ for /l/, older vocabulary, and distinct grammatical patterns. The last native-speaking community.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level C2.

Examples

Standard: kēlā → Niʻihau: tēlāthat (k→t sound shift)
Standard: aloha → Niʻihau: arohalove/hello (l→r sound shift)
Standard: hele → Niʻihau: hereto go (l→r sound shift)
Standard: ka → Niʻihau: tathe (k→t sound shift)

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