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Niʻihau dialect (Standard Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Niʻihau, Niʻihau: Olelo Matuahine, lit. 'mother tongue') is a dialect of the Hawaiian language spoken on the island of Niʻihau, more specifically in its only settlement Puʻuwai, and on the island of Kauaʻi, specifically near Kekaha, where descendants of families from Niʻihau now live.
"The Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center is in Waikīkī on Kalākaua Avenue." This section is here to highlight some of the most common words of the Hawaiian Language, ʻŌlelo , that are used in everyday conversation amongst locals.
A resolution celebrating February as Hawaiian Language Month, or Mahina Olelo Hawaii, was introduced by Hawaii's congressional delegation. ... have resources to begin learning the language at a ...
Hawaiian (ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi]) [7] is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed.
The Punana Leo language-immersion school in Lahaina, the historic former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, stood for decades as a gleaming symbol of the fight to stop Hawaiian language and culture ...
Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker founded the Hawaiian theater program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in 2014. The native Hawaiian language is dying. This theater program is revitalizing it
Hawaiian Language Revitalization a Model for Alaska." KCAW website, posted June 9, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2017. "Opening Held for College of Hawaiian Language Building." BigIslandNow website, posted January 13, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2017. "New Haleʻolelo at UH College of Hawaiian Language.
Moʻolelo were written down and published in Hawaiian-language newspapers such as Ke Kumu Hawaii and Ka Nonanona as literacy in the written Hawaiian language became widespread. [ 12 ] In the 1860s, 1870s, and 1880s, there was a concerted effort to write down and preserve aspects of Hawaiian tradition including moʻolelo.