Hawaiian

E17029

Austronesian language Polynesian language natural language

Hawaiian is a Polynesian language indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands, known for its unique phonology, rich oral tradition, and cultural significance to Native Hawaiians.

Aliases (4)

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language → Polynesian language → natural language →
autonym	ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi →
closelyRelatedTo	Marquesan languages → Māori language → Tahitian language →
coOfficialWith	English →
country	United States →
endangeredStatus	threatened language →
ethnicGroup	Native Hawaiians →
hasAlternativeName	ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi →
hasCulturalRole	language of Hawaiian hula songs → language of Hawaiian oral tradition → language of Native Hawaiian culture → language of traditional Hawaiian chants →
hasFeature	limited consonant clusters → open syllable structure → rich oral tradition →
hasGlottocode	hawa1245 →
hasISO639-1Code	haw →
hasISO639-2Code	haw →
hasISO639-3Code	haw →
hasLinguasphereCode	39-CBA-a →
hasMorphologicalType	analytic language → isolating language →
hasPhonologicalFeature	five-vowel system → glottal stop phoneme → phonemic vowel length → simple consonant inventory → small phoneme inventory →
hasScriptSymbol	macron → ʻokina →
hasSyllableStructure	predominantly CV syllables →
hasWordOrder	VSO → verb–subject–object →
indigenousTo	Hawaiian Islands →
languageBranch	Malayo-Polynesian →
languageFamily	Austronesian →
languageGroup	Polynesian →
languageSubgroup	Eastern Polynesian →
officialStatusIn	Hawaii →
partOf	Austronesian language family →
recognizedAs	official language of the State of Hawaii →
region	Hawaii →
revitalizationEfforts	Hawaiian language immersion schools → Hawaiian-medium education programs → university Hawaiian language programs →
subfamilyOf	Eastern Polynesian languages →
usedIn	Hawaiian-language education → Hawaiian-language newspapers (historically) → Hawaiian-language radio programs →
usesDiacritic	kahakō → ʻokina →
writingSystem	Hawaiian alphabet → Latin script →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Maui → aliʻi (chiefly) system ("Hawaiian language") →	hasLanguage
Marquesic languages ("Hawaiian language") → Polynesian languages ("Hawaiian language") →	hasMember
Līhuʻe → Mauna Loa →	languageOfName
Niʻihau → Niʻihau ("Niʻihau dialect of Hawaiian") →	languageSpoken
Lahaina → Mānoa →	languageUsed
Hawaiian ("ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi") →	autonym
Rapa Nui language ("Hawaiian language") →	closelyRelatedTo
Kaneohe ("Hawaiian language") →	etymologyLanguage
Hawaiian ("ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi") →	hasAlternativeName
Ho‘oponopono ("Hawaiian language") →	hasLanguageOfOrigin
Central Pacific languages ("Hawaiian language") →	hasNotableLanguage
Marquesic languages ("Hawaiian subgroup") →	hasSubgroup
Hawaiʻi Kai →	language
ʻĪao Valley State Monument ("Hawaiian language") →	languageOfPlaceName
Polynesian Voyaging Society →	languageOfWorkOrName
Hawaiian Renaissance ("ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi") →	languageRevived
Mokuʻāweoweo caldera ("Hawaiian language") →	nameLanguage
Hawaii →	officialLanguage
Native Hawaiians ("Hawaiian language") →	usesLanguage