| LC control no. | sh 85059372 |
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| LC classification | PL6441 PL6449 |
| Topical heading | Hawaiian language |
| Variant(s) | ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi language |
| See also | Hawaii--Languages Polynesian languages |
| Found in | Māmaka kaiao : a modern Hawaiian vocabulary : a compilation of Hawaiian words that have been created, collected, and approved by the Hawaiian Lexicon Committee from 1987 through 2000, ©2003 Hawaiian dictionaries = Puke wehewehe ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, 2004. Ethnologue, July 27, 2022 (Hawaiian; a language of United States; alternate names: ʻOlelo Hawaiʻi Makuahine; autonym: ʻOlelo Hawaiʻi; location: Hawaii: mainly Niʻihau island, Island of Hawaiʻi, some on all other islands; some in every state) Omniglot : the online encyclopedia of writing systems & languages, July 27, 2022 (Hawaiian (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi). Hawaiian is an Austronesian language spoken by about 8,000 people on the Hawaiian islands) Britannica online, July 27, 2022 (under Hawaii: The two official languages of Hawaii are English and Hawaiian. In the early 1990s the Hawaiian language was all but extinct, spoken by only a handful of Native Hawaiians. However, a program that established Hawaiian-language immersion schools created a new generation of Hawaiian speakers, and instruction in Hawaiian is now offered from kindergarten through the graduate school level) |
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