Aloha!
say it: “ah-LOH-hah”
Hawaiian
in its own words: ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
- Speakers
- 27 thousand (estimate)
- Family
- Austronesian
- Vitality
- Severely endangered
- Where it is spoken
- United States of America
- Script
- Latin
- Official language
- United States of America (regional)
Fun fact
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters: five vowels and eight consonants, including the glottal stop ʻokina. “Aloha” serves as greeting, farewell and affection.