It really requires 13 letters. In addition to the 12 latin letters (A E
H I K L M N O P U W) there is also a glottal-stop letter, usually
notated as an apostrophe, but it looks more like an opening single
quote. Some has estimated that the relative frequency of the glottal
stop in the language is about equivalent to the letter "N" in the
English language. Although many texts are still written without the
glottal stop (thanks to the missionaries in the 18th/19th century),
modern orthography strongly prefers including the glottal stop.
Aaron Rabushka wrote:
Well, the Hawaiian language only needs 12 letters, so 10 wouldn't be that
big a stretch...(with 10-tone music not far behind!).
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