Crazy Hawaiians

So Hawaiian (or rather, Hawaiian written with Latin characters) only uses 12 letters. That's an absolute bitch. In direct comparison with English (26 letters), you can make 17576 words with three letters and only 1728 in Hawaiian.

17576:1728

Also, in Hawaiian, no two consonants touch eachother. This limits all three letter word possibilities to:

Aaa aae aah aai aak aal aam aan aao aap aau aaw aea aee aeh aei aek ael aem aen aeo aep aeu aew aha ahe ahi aho ahu aia aie aih aii aik ail aim ain aio aip aiu aiw aka ake aki ako aku ala ale ali alo alu ama ame ami amo amu ana ane ani ano anu aoa aoe aoh aoi aok aol aom aon aoo aop aou aow apa ape api apo apu aua aue auh aui auk aul aum aun auo aup auu auw awa awe awi awo awu * 5 = 475
Haa hae hah hai hak hal ham han hao hap hau haw hea hee heh hei hek hel hem hen heo hep heu hew hia hie hih hii hik hil him hin hio hip hiu hiw hoa hoe hoh hoi hok hol hom hon hoo hop hou how hua hue huh hui huk hul hum hun huo hup huu huw * 7 = 434

475 + 434 = 909 words compared to 17576 in English. Holy shit. So the roads are damn confusing. Its like the french, but worse, I drove on: Waialae, Kilauea (4 vowels in a row), Nu'uanu (1/2 of that word is the letter 'u'), Kalanianaole. You try giving your mom directions to these streets on congested freeways.

Silly Hawaiians.