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We share different stories about the Hawaiian language: learning the history and plans to update HPR’s Hawaiian Word of the Day; staging the Hawaiian language play "Ho’oilina" at the University of Hawaiʻi; hearing about the work of female newspaper columnists in the 1940s; and restoring the original place name of Hunananiho to Oʻahu's Windward community.
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Efforts are underway to teach computers to understand ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language). Using artificial intelligence technology could be a game changer in advancing the use of Hawaiian language. But some worry about tech companies and control – an area of concern they call “data sovereignty.”
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The COVID-19 pandemic has kept Hawai?i?s schools closed for more than a month and families are beginning to feel the impact. For students enrolled in…
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February has been declared Hawaiian Language Month here in the islands. Its aim is to encourage the use of ??lelo Hawai?i. But which Hawaiian language?One…
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Languages often adapt naturally to the world around them. Speakers create new words to communicate new concepts. But when a language isn’t spoken widely…
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The Hawai?i Supreme Court recently ruled in a landmark case that the state is constitutionally required to provide reasonable access to Hawaiian immersion…
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The Hawaii Department of Education plans to offer free Hawaiian language courses to its employees, officials said.The department’s 22,000 salaried…
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Long before concepts like sustainability and biodiversity became environmentalist buzzwords, native Hawaiians cared for their environment as a natural…
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Hawaiʻi’s second-largest shopping mall, Pearlridge Center, is rebranding its buildings with Hawaiian names. As HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports, this may be part of a growing trend among Hawaiʻi businesses – but getting it right remains a challenge.
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The E. K. Fernandez 50th State Fair entered new territory this past weekend – linguistic territory that is. Fairgoers were treated to the first ever…