When the last Hawaiian queen was overthrown by a coup in 1896, a law was passed that made it illegal to use or teach the Hawaiian language in public schools. That law stayed on the books for 90 years, ...

More than a century after native Hawaiians were made to feel unwelcome for speaking their language, the state will begin greeting airport visitors in the language of the host culture. At Honolulu ...

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When Larry Kimura and his students first arrived at KCCN in Honolulu with a pitch for a new Hawaiian-language radio show, the station manager had one question. ADVERTISING When Larry Kimura and his ...

The voice was soft and scratchy, as if a bit timid in front of the microphone. " Ae," she said, meaning "yes" in Hawaiian, when asked a question by a male voice. " Ae hanau ia wau i Honoma'ele." ("Yes ...

Hawaii had a thriving native-language press through the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the language and culture are being revived through a digitizing project at Honolulu’s Bishop Museum and an ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The month of February was designated as Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or Hawaiian Language Month, in 2012. The City and County of Honolulu began offering Hawaiian language training to all ...

Education in the Hawaiian language has surged for four decades and its advocates eventually want a Hawai‘i where the native tongue is used as frequently as English “Imagine a world where wherever you ...

The Hawaii Tourism Authority inaugurated a 40-second Hawaiian language greeting at the Honolulu Airport on Feb. 18. Spoken first in Hawaiian and then English, the message will be broadcast throughout ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - In honor of Olelo Hawaii Month, Congressman Kai Kahele spoke in Hawaiian during a speech on the floor of the US House on Thursday. Kahele spoke in Olelo Hawaii and ...