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The Hawaiian Alphabet: Why It Has Only 13 Letters (and Rotokas Has Even Fewer)

Featured October 15, 2026 · 7 min read

Words, History & Linguistics #Hawaiian

The Hawaiian Alphabet: Why It Has Only 13 Letters (and Rotokas Has Even Fewer)

Alphabet size is not a measure of how simple a language is. It is a measure of how many sounds a writing system decided to keep apart.

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The Serbian Cyrillic Alphabet: All 30 Letters and Their Latin Twins

August 22, 2026 · 17 min read

Pronunciation, Listening & Speaking #Serbian

The Serbian Cyrillic Alphabet: All 30 Letters and Their Latin Twins

Serbian Cyrillic has 30 letters, Serbian Latin has 30, and they match one to one. Here is every pair, how each letter sounds, and the few places where it gets tricky.

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