Wikipedia: History of Hawaiian alphabet

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Native Hawaiians had no written language.
History and heritage was passed from generation to generation via story telling in form of hula dances or verbally.
In the early 19th century Christian missionaries developed a written form of the native language. The missionaries banned hula dances for many years, hence many old tales were lost.

Native Hawaiians had no written language.

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