Back in the 1800s, Hawai‘i achieved something truly remarkable! 🏝️ They became one of the most 📚literate nations on the planet with a whopping 90% of the population being able to read and write! How impressive is that? 😮
In fact, King Kamehameha III himself proudly declared, “He aupuni palapala ko‘u” 📜 which translates to “I have a kingdom of education.” 👑 Can you imagine a ruler prouder of his educated citizens? 🙌
With such a high literacy rate, the people of Hawai‘i were empowered to express their thoughts, share knowledge, and connect with one another through the written word. 💌✍️ Education truly became the key that unlocked a whole new world of possibilities for everyone on the islands. 🌍🌺
Imagine being a part of this incredible era! 🕰️ The 19th century in Hawai‘i must have been a time of intellectual growth, where literature and ideas flourished, and creativity knew no bounds! 🌈📖
So let’s take a moment to appreciate the dedication and passion that made Hawai‘i a shining beacon of literacy 🌟📚 during that time. It serves as a reminder that education has the power to transform lives, communities, and even entire nations! 🎓💪
Next time you pick up a book, remember how fortunate we are to live in a world where knowledge is readily accessible. 🌍📚 Let’s continue to embrace the opportunity to learn, grow, and create our own kingdom of education! 💡✍️🌺
One day King Kamehameha sat down at the women’s table and from then on Hawaiian women had equal rights
Well they had Oregon beat
Until the American government overthrew his monarchy at the behest of business and military interests. Imagine if that didnt happen, what an absolute paradise it would be today.
Isn’t that the Dragon Ball move?
They cheated by having less letters to learn in their alphabet
Just here to say King Kamehameha is one of the coolest names in history. Just rolls off the tongue.
Duke Kahanamoku is up there, too.
The current official Hawaiian alphabet consists of 13 letters: five vowels (A a, E e, I i, O o, and U u) and eight consonants (H h, K k, L l, M m, N n, P p, W w, and ʻ). If you look closely, the ʻ is not the same as an apostrophe. It is called an [ʻOkina](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBOkina) and represents a glottal stop (the sound in “uh-oh”). A stop is the same kind of sound as English “p” (a bilabial stop) or “t” (an alveolar stop). In fact, some British English speakers use a glottal stop when they say “water” (wah-uh) and American English speakers often use it when they say “button” (buh-ihn).
Hawaiian ended up with its unique sound system because the “k” sound (a velar stop) [backed](https://www.mysidekicktherapy.com/blog/articles/phonological-process-series-backing) to a glottal stop, and the “t” sound (an alveolar stop) backed to a “k” sound (a velar stop), filling the gap in the phonemic inventory. A lot of people think this was due to the missionaries choosing “k” instead of “t,” but this process was already well under way before they arrived.
The five vowels with macrons (kahakō)– Ā ā, Ē ē, Ī ī, Ō ō, Ū ū – are not treated as separate letters, but they do represent [long vowels](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_length).
Hawaiian doesn’t have the smallest alphabet in the world (that claim goes to [Rotokas](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotokas_alphabet)), but it does have a smaller phonemic inventory than what is found worldwide.
The average world language has [22 ± 3](https://wals.info/chapter/1) consonants and the average number of vowels in a language is just [fractionally below 6.](https://wals.info/chapter/2)
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And then they stabbed him in the head?
Honestly so sad to see what happened to the native Hawaiians. They had a modern nation with excellent education, now they are statistically poorly educated and impoverished because of the US overthrow and occupation
Also, Iolani Palace had electric lighting before the White House.
This is pretty unrelated, but does anyone know why dragon ball z uses the name Kamehameha as their attack phrase?
Now if more leaders felt that way!
And then European immigrants colonised it with the help of European immigrants from the US.
No ka oi!
Thirteen letters in the Hawaiian alphabet….
And the USA took that personaĺly.