{"collection":"pac","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/pac/maui/maui02.htm","path":"pac/maui/maui02.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/pac/maui/maui02.htm","text":"Legends of Maui, A Demi-God of Polynesia, by W. D. Westervelt, [1910]\nThere are three simple rules which practically control Hawaiian pronunciation: (1) Give each vowel the German sound. (2) Pronounce each vowel. (3) Never allow a consonant to close a syllable.\nInterchangeable consonants are many. The following are the most common: h=s; l=r; k=t; n=ng; v=w.","title":"Legends of Maui, A Demi-God of Polynesia: Helps to Pronun...","type":"page"}