↑jan li sitelen ala e kalama ni, taso kalama ni li lon meso pi kalama open tu. wan li kalama open sinpin (i, e). wan ante li kalama open pi sinpin ala (a, o, u).
12kalama [k] en kalama [t] li nimi k lon toki Awawi. ona li nasin ante pi nimi wan. kalama [k] li lon open nimi ale. taso, kalama [t] li kama lon open pi sitelen i. kalama [t] li kama mute lon nasin toki pi pini suno. kulupu wan li kulupu Kawawi. taso, kalama [k] li suli lon ma suli.
↑nasin pi kulupu lili la, nimi l li kama kalama [n]. ni li suli lon ni: nimi li jo e nimi n. ma lili pi pini suno la, ona li kama kalama [ɾ].
12[w] and [v], spelled w, are variants of a single consonant. [w] is the norm after back vowels u, o, while [v] is the norm after front vowels i, e. Initially and after the central vowel a, as in Hawaiʻi, they are found in free variation. [w] also occurs, though it is usually not written, between a back vowel (u, o) and a non-back vowel (i, e, a).
↑Stress falls on the penultimate vowel, with diphthongs and long vowels counting as two (that is, a final long vowel or diphthong will be stressed). Longer words may have a second stressed vowel, whose position is not predictable.
12Short a is pronounced [ɐ] when stressed and [ə] when not.
12Short e is [ɛ] when stressed and generally when next to l, n, or another syllable with a [ɛ]; otherwise it is [e].
12In rapid speech, /ɐw/ and /ɐj/ tend to be pronounced [ɔw] and [ɛj], respectively.
