Hawaiian

Facts

  • Language: Hawaiian
  • Alternate names: ’Olelo Hawai’i, ’Olelo Hawai’i Makuahine
  • Language code: haw
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central Pacific linkage, Tokelau-Fijian, Polynesian, Nuclear Polynesian, Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, Solomons Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, Central Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, East Polynesian, Central Eastern Polynesian
  • Number of speakers: 2000
  • Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
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    Introduction

    Hawaiian is a language of United States. It is spoken in Hawaiian Islands, mainly Ni’ihau island, Island of Hawai’i, some on all other islands; some in every state.

    Dialects

    Lexical similarity: 79% with Rarotongan (See: Rarotongan), 77% with Tuamotuan (See: Tuamotuan), 76% with Tahitian (See: Tahitian) (Elbert), 71% with Maori (See: Maori) (Schütz), 70% with Marquesan (See: Marquesan, South?), 64% with Rapa Nui (See: Rapa Nui).

    The Hawaiian Verb

    Verblist

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