All we know about Hawaiian culture and language is hula dancers and the well-known word “Aloha”. And it’s time to learn some more interesting facts about Hawaiian languages.
Apart from the native Hawaiian language which has been around since 1778 English is also an official language of the state of Hawaii. Both languages are now being taught in schools.
The Hawaiian language belongs to the Polynesian languages. Because Hawaii comes under Polynesia which includes all the 10,000 scattered islands over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.
The Hawaiian alphabet used to have only 12 letters which is 5 vowels and 7 consonants. But currently, it consists of 13 letters, the same 5 vowels but 8 consonants, making it much easier than English but some words are difficult to pronounce because it’s longer than usual.
Hawaiian words may start with any letter but always end in a vowel and every consonant is always followed by a vowel and the syllables in their words consist only one or two letters, never longer.
Most people still think that “aloha” means hello and goodbye but “aloha” also means living with love, peace, affection, compassion and kindness with everything around you.
During the 18th century, the native Hawaiian language speakers spoke the English language. Only 0.1% of the Hawaiian population spoke their native language but favorably now more than 20,000 people speak it at native speaker level.
After the colonization of Hawaii as a territory of the United States in 1898, the Hawaiian language was banned from schools and government. But in 1986 after much struggle, the prohibition was officially lifted.
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