The Molokaʻi dialect (Standard Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Moloka[ʻ]i, Molokai dialect: Te Reo Morota[ʻ]i, lit. "Molokaʻi language") is a rare dialect of the Hawaiian language spoken on Molokai. With a substantial number of speakers living on Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island.[1]
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.
