Hawaiian

E17029

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

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Hawaiian canonical 25
Hawaiian language 22
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi 3

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Polynesian language
natural language
autonym Hawaiian self-linksurface differs
surface form: ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
closelyRelatedTo Polynesian languages
surface form: Marquesan languages

Māori language
Tahitian language
coOfficialWith English
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endangeredStatus threatened language
ethnicGroup Native Hawaiians
hasAlternativeName Hawaiian
surface form: 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 languages
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
languageGroup Polynesian
languageSubgroup Polynesian languages
surface form: Eastern Polynesian
officialStatusIn Hawaii
partOf Austronesian languages
surface form: 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 (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hawaii officialLanguage Hawaiian
Mauna Loa languageOfName Hawaiian
Maui hasLanguage Hawaiian
Hawaiian hasAlternativeName Hawaiian
this entity surface form: ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Hawaiian autonym Hawaiian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Native Hawaiians usesLanguage Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Mānoa languageUsed Hawaiian
Rapa Nui language closelyRelatedTo Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Hawaiʻi Kai language Hawaiian
Niʻihau languageSpoken Hawaiian
Niʻihau languageSpoken Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Niʻihau dialect of Hawaiian
Central Pacific languages hasNotableLanguage Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Polynesian languages hasMember Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Marquesic languages hasMember Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Marquesic languages hasSubgroup Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian subgroup
Līhuʻe languageOfName Hawaiian
Kaneohe etymologyLanguage Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Iao Valley State Monument languageOfPlaceName Hawaiian
subject surface form: ʻĪao Valley State Monument
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Lahaina languageUsed Hawaiian
Mokuʻāweoweo caldera nameLanguage Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
hooponopono hasLanguageOfOrigin Hawaiian
subject surface form: Ho‘oponopono
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
aliʻi (chiefly) system hasLanguage Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Hawaiian Renaissance (1960s–1970s cultural revival) languageRevived Hawaiian
subject surface form: Hawaiian Renaissance
this entity surface form: ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Hawaiian alphabet writingSystemFor Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Hawaiian alphabet representsPhonemesOf Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Kāne language Hawaiian
Hana languageUsed Hawaiian
Kanaloa languageName Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Pālolo languageUsed Hawaiian
Puʻu Moaulanui hasNameLanguage Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Tahitian language closelyRelatedTo Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
The Forbidden Island languageSpoken Hawaiian
subject surface form: Niʻihau
this entity surface form: Niʻihau dialect of Hawaiian
Kīpahulu language Hawaiian
Ke‘anae languageOfToponym Hawaiian
Hāna languageUsed Hawaiian
Te Reo Māori closelyRelatedTo Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
North Shore of Maui language Hawaiian
Rarotongan closelyRelatedTo Hawaiian
Mililani Mauka hasLanguage Hawaiian
Pupukea hasEtymologyLanguage Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Puʻu o Kapolei nameLanguage Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Heʻeia hasTraditionalNameIn Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Hana town languageUsed Hawaiian
subject surface form: Hana, Hawaii
Pauahi languageOfOrigin Hawaiian
this entity surface form: Hawaiian language
Kamehameha V languageSpoken Hawaiian