Languages

Hawaiian

Austronesian Languages

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Hawaiian." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/hawaiian.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Hawaiian. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/hawaiian

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-hawaiian,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Hawaiian},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/hawaiian},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

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.

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.

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1. Wikipedia: Hawaiian Language

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