Hawaiian is the native language of Hawaii, with deep roots in the islands' culture and history. Though spoken by a smaller population, it is a language of cultural pride and importance.
Hawaiian
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Classification
Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian
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Speakers
< 0.5 million
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Script
Roman
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Text direction
Left-to-right
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Also spoken
Hawaii
Hawaiian
Hawaiian is a Polynesian language spoken in Hawai’i where it is an official language alongside English. Other languages in this language group include Tagalog, Maori and Malagasy.
Hawai’i is the only state in the U.S. that has designated a native language, Hawaiian, as one of its two official state languages. Despite its status, Hawaiian is an endangered language, with only 2000 native speakers – a worrying situation for a rich language that has contributed many useful loanwords to English (Kahuna, Ukelele, Wiki, Hula, Aloha etc.).
At Geo Language Services, our translations respect Hawaiian’s unique phonetics and cultural significance, ensuring that content is clear and culturally appropriate for Hawaiian speakers.
Services offered for this language
Translation / Transcreation / Subtitling / Localization / Adaptation / Copywriting / Authoring / Proofreading / Revision / Editing / Translation quality assurance / Terminology / Linguistic validation / Glossary creation / Dubbing / Voice-overs / Transcription / Typesetting / Simultaneous interpreting / Consecutive interpreting / Conference interpreting / Telephone interpreting / Public service interpreting / Interpreting equipment hire / Foreign language consulting
Interesting fact
Wiki means fast in Hawaiian, and is, in part, the origin of the tech term "wiki" (like in Wikipedia).
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