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Hawaiian

Austronesian Languages

Hawaiian is a critically endangered Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family, originating in and native to the Hawaiian Islands. It is the historic native language of the Hawaiian people, and along with English is an official language of the U.S. state of Hawaii.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
haw 1
Speaker Count
300 1
2006 estimate; the source gives this as an approximate figure for native (L1) speakers, given the language's critically endangered status. A second-language total of about 22,000 to 24,000 (per a later estimate) is also given in the infobox, not captured here.
Region
Hawaii (Niihau) 1
Classification
Language Kind
Critically Endangered 1
Official Status
Official Language 1
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Latin Script, Scripts

Hawaiian is standardly written in the Latin alphabet (with the 'okina and kahako).

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Hawaiian Language
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Hawaiian is a critically endangered Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family, originating in and native to the Hawaiian Islands. It is the historic native language of the Hawaiian people. The Hawaiian language, along with the English language, are the official languages of the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi. King Kamehameha III established the first Hawaiian-language constitution in 1839 and 1840.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    haw
  • Infobox, Speakers
    ~300 (2006)
  • Infobox, Region
    Hawai╩╗i (Ni╩╗ihau)
  • Official status, Hawaiian entity page
    It is the historic native language of the Hawaiian people, and along with English is an official language of the U.S.
  • Language-kind, Hawaiian entity page
    Hawaiian is a critically endangered Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family, originating in and native to the Hawaiian Islands.
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