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Lesson
Language Revitalization in Hawaii
Unfortunately, the beautiful native Hawaiian language has been endangered
century, making English the language of choice.
At first, the discovery of Hawaii by the West seemed to help the growth
cince the early 19th century. In 1778. there were 500.000 native Hawaiian
of the Hawaiian language. Western people wrote the Hawaiian language in
the Roman alphabet, and Hawaiian-language newspapers were printed and
cneakers. However, American and British influence grew in the following
ger.
Hourished because most of the native population had learned to read. It was a
time of major cultural change for the native Hawaiian population.
However, as more immigrants came to Hawaii from America, Europe,
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and financial power on the islands, many parents stopped speaking Hawaiia
with their children. They saw English as the language of opportunity. Then a
law was passed making English the official language in schools. Due to these
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factors, the number of Hawaiian speakers fell to about 1,000 native speakers.
In the 1970s, native Hawaiians began the revitalization of the Hawaiian
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language. In 1978, Hawaiian became one of the official state languages, along
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with English, and became a required course in Hawaiian schools. There has
addition to the 1,000 native speakers, there are now about 8,000 people that
can speak and understand the language.
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also been an increase in Hawaiian-language schools, with some students being
taught in Hawaiian and many more learning it as a second language. Thus, in
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Q Answer T (true) or F (false).
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of B.
3. Even though Hawaiian-language newspapers were printed, most of the Hawaiian
people could not read them.
1. People in Hawaii chose English because American and British influence had
2. At first, Western people helped the Hawaiian language grow.
5. People in Hawaii have succeeded in revitalizing the Hawaiian language.()
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4. The Hawaiian language was the language of opportunity for immigrants. ( )
Hawaiian /howá:jan/ choice /tóis/n growth /gróu0/
businessmen /biznasmèn/ (<businessman)
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political /palitikal/
Hawaii /hawá:i:/
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print /prinl/
immigrant /imigrant/
financial /fondenjal, far-/
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