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05 Feb 2013
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Ka Pi’apa Hawai’i: the Hawaiian Alphabet

The Hawaiian alphabet, ka pīʻāpā Hawaiʻi, is an alphabet used to write Hawaiian. It was adapted from the English alphabet in the early 19th century by American missionaries to print a bible in the Hawaiian language.

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