The Hawaiian language (Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi) is a Polynesian language The Polynesian languages are a language family spoken in the region known as Polynesia. They are classified as part of the Austronesian family, belonging to the Oceanic branch of that family. They fall into two branches: Tongic and Nuclear Polynesian that takes its name from Hawaiʻi The Island of Hawaiʻi, also called the Big Island or Hawaiʻi Island , is a volcanic island (the eastern-most in the Hawaiian islands chain) in the North Pacific Ocean. With an area of 4,028 square miles (10,432 km²), it is larger than all of the other Hawaiian Islands combined and is the largest island in the United States, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago An archipelago is a chain or cluster of islands that are formed tectonically. The word archipelago is directly derived from the Greek ἄρχι- - arkhi- ("chief") and πέλαγος - pelagos ("sea"). In Italian, possibly following a tradition of antiquity, the Archipelago (from medieval Greek *ἀρχιπέλαγος) was the where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English English is a West Germanic language that developed in England and south-eastern Scotland during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century, it has become the, is an official language of the state of Hawaii Hawaii ( /həˈwaɪ.iː/ or /həˈwaɪʔiː/ in English; Hawaiian: Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi) is the newest of the 50 U.S. states (August 21, 1959), and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It occupies most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of. King Kamehameha III Kamehameha III , (August 11, 1813–December 15, 1854) was the King of Hawaii from 1824 to 1854. He was Hawaii's longest-reigning monarch. His full Hawaiian name was Keaweaweʻula Kiwalaʻo Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa and then lengthened to Keaweaweʻula Kiwalaʻo Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa Kalani Waiakua Kalanikau Iokikilo Kiwalaʻo i ke kapu Kamehameha established the first Hawaiian-language constitution A constitution is a set of rules for government—often codified as a written document—that enumerates the powers and functions of a political entity. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is. In the case of countries and autonomous regions of federal countries the term refers specifically to a constitution defining the in 1839 and 1840.
For various reasons, the number of native speakers Sometimes the term first language is used for the language that the speaker speaks best of Hawaiian gradually decreased during the period from the 1830s to the 1950s. Hawaiian was essentially displaced by English on six of the seven inhabited islands. As of 2000, native speakers of Hawaiian amount to under 0.1% of the statewide population. Linguists are worried about the fate of this and other endangered languages An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use. If it loses all its native speakers, it becomes an extinct language.[3]
Nevertheless, from about 1949 to the present, there has been a gradual increase in attention to, and promotion of, the language. Public Hawaiian-language immersion pre-schools called Pūnana Leo were started in 1984; other immersion schools followed soon after. The first students to start in immersion pre-school have now graduated from college and many are fluent Hawaiian speakers.
A creole language spoken in Hawaiʻi is technically called "Hawaii Creole English", abbreviated "HCE". It developed from pidgin A pidgin language is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common, in situations such as trade, or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the country in which they reside (but there is no common language between the groups). A "pidgin& English and is often called simply "Pidgin". It should not be mistaken for the Hawaiian language nor for a dialect of English.
There are only twelve letters in the Hawaiian alphabet, plus the ʻokina which is considered a consonant.
The ISO language code ISO 639 is the set of international standards that lists short codes for language names. It was also the name of the original standard, approved in 1967 and withdrawn in 2002 for Hawaiian is haw.
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The . Hawaiian language. version of Google's search engine is now available on Apple's Safari browser through a project by a University of Hawaii-Hilo assistant.
