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. StatusWikipedia article on Hawaiian: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. Attested From (Year) Classification
Language Kind Official Status Connections
In Family
Source Wikipedia: Hawaiian Language
Source Wikipedia: Hawaiian Language
Written In
Hawaiian is standardly written in the Latin alphabet (with the 'okina and kahako).
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Found In
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Source Glottolog
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Hawaiian Language
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language 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
Hawaiʻi (Niʻihau)
Lead section
It is the historic native language of the Hawai'ian people. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi.
Lead section
Hawaiian ('ōlelo Hawai'i, pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐiʔi]) is a critically endangered Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family, originating in and native to the Hawaiian Islands.
In Family: Malayo-Polynesian, Infobox: fam2
Malayo-Polynesian
In Family: Marquesic languages, Infobox: fam6
Marquesic
View the Source 2. Omniglot: Hawaiian language, alphabet and pronunciation
OmniglotWritten HawaiianQuote, Written Hawaiian
Hawaiian first appeared in writing in the early 19th century in a version of the Latin alphabet developed bymissionaries, who started to visit the Hawaiian islands from 1820 onwards.
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