Other consonants

Hawai‘i Creole also has the flap [ɾ] as a separate phoneme, found in Japanese borrowings, such as [kɑɾɑte] ‘karate’ and [kɑɾɑoke] ‘karaoke’. The /ɾ/ phoneme can be shown to contrast with /l/ in two Hawai‘i Creole loanwords: [kɑɾɑɪ] ‘spicy hot’ (from Japanese) and [kɑlɑɪ] ‘hoeing’ (from Hawaiian).

Hawai‘i Creole has the additional affricate /ts/ as well, occurring in word-initial position, as in [tsunɑmi] ‘tidal wave’ and [tsuɾu] ‘crane made from folded paper’.

Many speakers of Hawai‘i Creole also use the glottal stop [ʔ] in words derived from Hawaiian, for example in [kɑmɑʔɑɪnɑ] ‘person born in Hawai‘i or long term resident’ and [niʔihɑʊ] ‘Ni‘ihau’ (an island in the Hawaiian group).

Hawai‘i Creole has the additional affricate /ts/ as well, occurring in word-initial position, as in [tsunami] ‘tidal wave’ and [tsuɾu] ‘crane made from folded paper’.

Many speakers of Hawai‘i Creole also use the glottal stop [ʔ] in words derived from Hawaiian, for example in [kɑmɑʔɑɪnɑ] ‘person born in Hawai‘i or long term resident’ and [niʔihɑʊ] ‘Ni‘ihau’ (an island in the Hawaiian group).