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Words From The Hawaiian Language
Have you ever stopped to realise just how many languages there are in the world? With so many different continents, countries, and cultures there are 6,500 different languages. I learned words from the hawaiian language this week. Words such as haleku’ai, ono, and holoholona. The most interesting fact about the hawaiian language is that it only uses 13 letters. Learning these words helped me appreciate all the people that say them and how hard it would be to create a language from scratch.

This week I also learned about problems the US is having. There are environmental issues such as the US being the biggest consumer of energy and producing a lot of pollution. Natural hazards like hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornados present challenges.

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