HISB94H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hawaiian Pidgin, Hawaiian Alphabet, Kamehameha Iii
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Aiian language (hawaiian: lelo hawai i, pronounced [ o l lo h v j i])[3] is a polynesian language that takes its name from hawai i, the largest island in the tropical north. Hawaiian, along with english, is an official language of the state of hawaii. [4] king kamehameha iii established the first hawaiian-language constitution in. For various reasons, including territorial legislation establishing english as the official language in schools, the number of native speakers of hawaiian gradually decreased during the period from the. Hawaiian was essentially displaced by english on six of seven inhabited islands. In 2001, native speakers of hawaiian amounted to less than 0. 1% of the statewide population. Linguists were unsure if hawaiian and other endangered languages would survive. Nevertheless, from around 1949 to the present day, there has been a gradual increase in attention to and promotion of the language. Leo were established in 1984; other immersion schools followed soon after that.
