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 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

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.

### 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
Nui nā ʻokoʻa i ka puana, ka pela ʻana, a me nā hua ʻōlelo ma ka Olelo Matuahine:

* *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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