ʻŌlelo Niʻihau

ʻO ka ʻŌlelo Niʻihau (Niʻihau: Olelo Matuahine) kekahi ʻano ʻē o ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ma Puʻuwai, Niʻihau a me Kekaha (Kauaʻi). Hiki i mau kanaka 200 ke ʻōlelo Niʻihau. Ua aʻo ʻia ua ʻōlelo ma Ke Kula Niʻihau o Kekaha.Ke Kula o Kekaha website

 Ke umu ʻŌlelo 

 Ka Hoʻonohonoho ʻAna 
He ʻŌlelo ʻAukonekia ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi a me ka Olelo Matuahine. ʻO nā ʻŌlelo ʻAukonekia nōhoʻi nā ʻōlelo o ka Pākīpika, ke kauliki o ʻĀsia, a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma ka honua. He welo Polenekia wale ka Olelo Matuahine e like me ka ʻōlelo Haʻamoa, ka ʻōlelo Kahiki, ka ʻōlelo Tonga, a me ka ʻōlelo Nuʻuhiwa.

 Ka Laulā o Nēia ʻŌlelo 
I kēia wā, aia kekahi mau ʻohana welo Niʻihau ma ke komohana o ka mokupuni o Kauaʻi, a ʻōlelo lākou i ka Olelo Matuahine e like me nā kānaka ma Niʻihau. Akā naʻe, wahi a kekahi, ʻaʻole like ka ʻōlelo Niʻihau ma Kekaha me ka ʻōlelo Niʻihau ma Niʻihau. ʻO ka ʻōlelo Niʻihau ma Kekahe, ʻoia hoʻi ka Olelo Kauaʻi.

 Kālaileo 

 Nā Koneka 
+LeheleheLapa NihoKani Hope AleloKani Hope PuʻumoniManāmnPohāpt~kʔHahīhKani Hāw~vl~r
Like ʻole me ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi i aʻo ʻia aku i nā kula, i ka Olelo Matuahine i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai ka ʻaui ʻana i nā leokanipū [r] me [l] a me nā leokanipū [t] a me [k]. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka ʻaui ʻana e kekahi mau poʻe ma Molokaʻi a me Maui. I ka makahiki 1950,  

 Nā Woela 
E like me ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi i aʻo ʻia aku i nā kula, ʻelima woela pōkole a me ʻelima woela lōʻihi o ka Olelo Matuahine, a me nā Huēwoela.
+PōkoleLoloaKaumuaKauhopeKaumuaKauhopePani ʻIaioiːoːWaenaɛ ~ eueːuːWehe ʻIaa ~ ɐ ~ əaː

 Ka Māmā Woela ʻAna 
ʻĪ mai ana ka ʻimi naʻauao ā Newman (1951) e ʻōlelo wikiwiki aʻe nā mea Olelo Matuahine mamua o nā mea ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi maʻamau.

Nui ke emi woela i ka ʻōlelo wikiwiki ʻana.
+ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi MaʻamauOlelo MatuahineNoho ʻanaNooanaʻElua oʻu kikaʻElu aʻu titaHoʻokahi lumiHoʻotaī lumi

 ʻŌlelo 
Nui nā ʻokoʻa i ka puana, ka pela ʻana, a me nā hua ʻōlelo ma ka Olelo Matuahine:These women are trying to save Olelo Niihau dialect from extinction (HNN)Keepers of the Flame: How cultural practitioners are preserving Niihau's unique traditions (Hawaii Magazine)

 k~t
 Kākou > Kātou
 Makahiki > Makahiti
 Kekahi > Ketahi
 Kumu > Tumu
 Ke/Ka > Te/Ta
 Makua > Matua
 Kupuna > Tupuna
Akā, hoʻopaʻa ke koneka [k] ma nā huaʻōlelo malihini:

 Kula (School)

Kakaʻikahi ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke koneka [r]:
 l~r
 Male > Mare
 Kēlā > Tēlā/Tērā

ʻAʻole pela ka Olelo Matuahine i ka ʻokina a me ke kahakō.

 Kātou > Katou
 ʻŌlelo > Olelo
 Nānā > Nana

Pela ʻē kekahi mau huaʻōlelo ma ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Maʻamau:

 Kaikamahine > Keitamahine
 Ue > Uwe

No nā huaʻōlelo malihini, paʻa ka Olelo Matuahine i nā kepela malihini ʻana:

 Century:
 ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Maʻamau: Kenekulia
 Olelo Matuahine: Senturi
 Capitol:
 ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Maʻamau: Kapikala
 Olelo Matuahine: Kapitala
 Sailor
 ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Maʻamau: Kelamoku
 Olelo Matuahine: Selamotu

ʻAʻole ka Rula KEAO ma ka Olelo Matuahine. Kākau ʻia ke kaʻi "The" pēnei:

Mamua o ke koneka [t]:

 Ka tai
 Ka toa
 Ka taua

Mamua o ka huaʻōlelo "Atua" a me ka huaʻōlelo "Kula":

 Ke atua
 Ke kula

Mamua o ka huaʻōlelo "Ano," ka huaʻōlelo "Alii," ka huaʻōlelo "awawa," ka huaʻōlelo "atua" (kakaʻikahi), ka huaʻōlelo "aloha," ka huaʻōlelo "tu," a me ka huaʻōlelo "ala":

 Te ano
 Te alii
 Te awawa
 Te aloha
 Te tu
 Te ala
(He mea ʻē ka huaʻōlelo atua. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka ʻaui ʻana i nā kaʻi "ke" a me "te.")

Mamua o nā huaʻōlelo āpau i koe:

 Ta hae
 Ta lima
 Ta mata
 Ta kanata
 Ta ihe

 Kūmole 
4. https://puke.ulukau.org/ulukau-books/cgi-bin/imageserver.pl?oid=EBOOK-KAMBOOKTRANS&getpdf=true (
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