Molokai dialect

Molokaʻi Dialect
Te Reo Morotaʻi
Pronunciation	[tɛˈɾɛo moˈɾoˈtəʔi]
Native to	Hawaiian Islands
Region	Molokaʻi, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi
Ethnicity	Native Hawaiians
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Polynesian Eastern Polynesian Marquesic Hawaiian Molokaʻi Dialect
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
The dialect is native to Molokaʻi (dark red), and a significant Molokaʻi diaspora lives in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi island (light red)
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The Molokaʻi Dialect (Standard Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Molokaʻi, Molokaʻi Dialect: Te Reo Morotaʻi, lit. "Molokaʻi Language") is a rare dialect of the Hawaiian language spoken on Molokaʻi. With a substantial number of speakers living on Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island.^[1]

The Austronesian languages, which are spoken throughout Oceania, Southeast Asia, and other regions of the world, include the Hawaiian language and its dialects (such as Niʻihau and Molokaʻi).^[2] In particular, it is a member of the Polynesian subbranch, which also contains languages like Marquesan, Samoan, Tongan, and Tahitian.^[3]

Like the Niʻihau Dialect, this dialect uses the letter "t" and "r". But, the letter "k" is more common due to being very close to the Big Island which uses the letter "k" commonly. ^{[citation needed]}

Like the Hawaiian taught in universities, Te Reo Morotaʻi has five short and long vowels, and diphthongs.

Short-vowel diphthongs include /iu, ou, oi, eu, ei, au, ai, ao, ae/. These are all falling diphthongs, with the exception of perhaps /iu/. However, they are not as firmly connected as English diphthongs and may be classified as vowel sequences. (The second vowel in such sequences may get stress, but it is not considered a diphthong.) In quick speech, /ai/ tends to [ei] and /au/ tends to [ou], hence these diphthongs are conflated with /ei/ and /ou/.

Some writers consider the following sequences as diphthongs: /oːu, eːi, aːu, aːi, aːo, aːe/. There are just a few vowels that can come after long vowels.