Konukuian

Konukuian
Kōnukūna
Pronunciation	[[koːnukuːnə]]
Created by	–
Native to	Konuku
Native speakers	~300 ({{{date}}})
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Konukuian
Early forms	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese
Hawaiian is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Konukuian (Konukuian: Kōnukūna) is a critically endangered language of the Sinitic language family that takes its name from Konuku, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed.

Name

The Konukuianm language takes its name from the largest island in the Konukuian archipelago, Konuku. Linguists suggest it comes from Old Chinese 東島 /*toːŋ/ /*tuːwʔ/

Family and origin

Konukuian is a member of the Sinitic language family and is related to languages such as Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hokkien.

Orthography

Main article: w:Hawaiian alphabet

Phonology

Main article: w:Hawaiian phonology