Nā Koneka — Consonants and the ʻOkina

The consonants are h, k, l, m, n, p, w and the ʻokina (ʻ).

The ʻokina is a glottal stop, like the break in English uh-oh. It is a full consonant: writing or omitting it changes the word.

The letter w is often pronounced like v after i and e, like w after o and u, and either way at the start of a word or after a.

Every syllable ends in a vowel, and consonants never cluster.