Inoa | Name(s)

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

ʻO ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ka ʻōlelo i laha loa i nā poʻe ʻōiwi o Hawaiʻi. Ma mua o ka pāpā ʻia ʻana o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma nā kula aupuni, ua laha loa kēia ʻōlelo, ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo o kēia ʻāina a me kona mau poʻe. I kēia au nei, ke hōʻola ʻia nei ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma nā kula kamaliʻi a i ka pae kulanui ma muli o ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana i mau kula kaiapuni ʻōlelo e ola ai ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma nā kaiāulu mai ʻō a ʻō o kēia pae ʻāina. ʻO ka Pūnana Leo ka kula mua i hoʻokumu ʻia me ka manaʻo e hoʻonui ai i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a mai ia wā a i kēia ua nui aʻe nā kula kaiapuni o nā pae like ʻole. ʻŌlelo ʻia e nā kūpuna, “I ka ʻōlelo nō ke ola, i ka ʻōlelo nō ka make,” a me kēlā manaʻo i ʻike ʻia ka waiwai o ka ʻōlelo a me ke ʻano o ka ʻōlelo ʻana kekahi i kekahi.

Description

The Hawaiian language is the language of the Indigenous peoples of Hawaiʻi. Prior to the banning of the Hawaiian language in schools, Hawaiian was spoken by everyone in Hawaiʻi. Today, the language is being revived in pre-school stage to college due to the establishment of Hawaiian language immersion schools for the language to live within all communities across the archipelago. Pūnana Leo is the first school established with the purpose of increasing the use of Hawaiian language and from that time until now we have seen an increase in the number of schools at all learning levels. It is said “I ka ʻōlelo nō ke ola, i ka ʻōlelo nō ka make,” and with this in mind we can see the importance of language and how it is used when speaking to one another.

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a me ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.

Instructions 

Use this term for resources related to Hawaiian language and learning/teaching Hawaiian language.

Hana | Practice: Hoʻonaʻauao

Kūmole | Source(s)

ʻAha Pūnana Leo website. History page.

Pukui, Mary Kawena, and Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary : Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986.

Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: ʻŌlelo ʻōiwi : Hawaiian language fundamentals; Hawaiian language: past, present and future

Mea haku | Created by: Keahiahi Long; Annemarie Paikai