Hawaiian | |
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ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi | |
Region | Hawaiʻi, concentratit on Niʻihau an Hawaiʻi[1] |
Ethnicity | Hamespun Hawaiians |
Native speakers | 2,000 (1997)[2] to 24,000+ (2006–2008)[3] |
Laitin (Hawaiian alphabet) Hawaiian Braille | |
Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in | Hawaiʻi |
Recognised minority leid in | |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-2 | haw |
ISO 639-3 | haw |
Glottolog | hawa1245 [4] |
The Hawaiian leid (Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, pronoonced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi])[5] is a Polynesian leid that taks its name frae Hawaiʻi, the lairgest island in the tropical North Paceefic airchipelago whaur it developed.
Location: Hawaiian Islands, mainly Ni’ihau island, Island of Hawai’i, some on all other islands
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