ISO 639-3 · hawhaw
Austronesian family
Hawaiian
‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i
Hawaiian is a language of the Marquesic branch (Austronesian), spoken in United States. Wikidata counts about 26,205 speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “Polynesian language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
haw- Glottocode
hawa1245- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Centre point
- 19.58, -155.43
- Wikipedia
- 120 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
11levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Hawaiian · ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i |
|---|---|
| Also called | Hawaiian language, Hawaiʻian language, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi |
| All speakers | 26,205 (2010) |
| Written in | Hawaiian alphabet, Hawaiian Braille |
| Official in | United States |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Hawaiian
The branches above Hawaiian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in United States
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