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 Speaker Count2006 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. Classification
Language Kind Official Status Hawaiian
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Written In
Hawaiian is standardly written in the Latin alphabet (with the 'okina and kahako).
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Hawaiian Language
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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
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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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