Language/Hawaiian
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Facts about Hawaiian[edit | edit source]
The Hawaiian language, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi is a Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_language
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
haw
- Autonyms (how to write "Hawaiian" in Hawaiian):
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
- Other names for "Hawaiian":
’Olelo Hawai’i, ’Olelo Hawai’i Makuahine
- The Hawaiian language is spoken in:
United States
Hawaiian Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
• Wehewehe: Hawaiian-English dictionary
• Hawaiian dictionary by Mary Kawena Pukui & Samuel Elbert (1986)
• Māmaka kaiao, a modern Hawaiian vocabulary, edited by Hale Kuamoʻo (Hawaiian Language Center) (2003)
• Glossary of common Hawaiian vocabulary, published by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority
• Dictionary of the Hawaiian language by Lorrin Andrews & Henry Parker (1922) & 1865 edition
• English-Hawaiian dictionary for the use of Hawaiian-English schools, by Harvey Rexford Hitchcock (1887)
• Hawaiian phrase book (1906)
• Hawaiian place names (Ulukau)
• Hawaiʻi place names: shores, beaches, and surf sites, by John Clark (2002)
• Place names of Hawaii by Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel Elbert, Esther Mookini (1974)
• Loanwords in Hawaiian by ʻŌiwi Parker Jones, in Loanwords in the world's languages (2009)