1. In the phonology of the Hawaiian language, there are only open syllables. Using this information, can you work out how English “Merry Christmas” became “Mele Kalikimaka” for people in Hawaii? Also, based on this slender evidence, which two English consonants are probably not phonemes in Hawaiian?

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