The Fun Of Learning The Hawaiian Language

knowledgefield · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

The Hawaiian language is an Austronesian (or Polynesian) language that is the ancestral tongue of the Hawaiian Islands, which lie in the Pacific Ocean. The Hawaiian language is the official language of the State of Hawaii. It is an endangered language, meaning that it is no longer spoken officially on any of the populated Hawaiian Islands. The native language was supplanted by English many years ago. There is one Hawaiian Island, Ni’ihau, where t...

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Dink · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:56:17 -0000, Dan Birchall wrote in message
:

>knowledgefield@hotmail.com (knowledgefield@hotmail.com) wrote:
>> The Hawaiian language is an Austronesian (or Polynesian) language
>
>Well... okay. I think "Polynesian" would be the preferred term.
>
>> that is the ancestral tongue of the Hawaiian Islands,
>
>Right.
>
>> which lie in the Pacific Ocean.
>
>Very good.
>
>> The Hawaiian language is the official language of the State of Hawaii.
>
>Wrong.
>
>> It is an endangered language,
>
>Yes.
>
>> meaning that it is no longer spoken officially on any of the populated
>> Hawaiian Islands.
>
>That's not what being an endangered language means, and how would you
>propose for something to be spoken on an unpopulated language?
>
>The quality of the resource you're promoting seems to be somewhat
>questionable.

I just wish someone could tell me what the sweet wahini is saying at
the beginning of the Hawaii Calls radio programs.
--
Dink
N 30.21, W 97.81 http://snipurl.com/whereiam
http://snipurl.com/austinweatherpixie

Hertz_Donut · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

wrote in message $l8c$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>
> The Hawaiian language is an Austronesian (or Polynesian) language that is
> the ancestral tongue of the Hawaiian Islands, which lie in the Pacific
> Ocean. The Hawaiian language is the official language of the State of
> Hawaii. It is an endangered language, meaning that it is no longer spoken
> officially on any of the populated Hawaiian Islands. The native language
> was supplanted by English many years ago. There is one Hawaiian Island,
> Ni'ihau, where t...
>
> Read full article at
> http://www.knowledgefield.com/articles/the-fun-of-learning-the-hawaiian-language.shtml
>

You should give up hope of ever attaining any level of credibility.

"austronesian"????
"official language"???

When was the last time you had any contact with reality?

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