Hawaiian language resources – Language Links Database
The Hawaiian language – is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaiʻi, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii. King Kamehameha III established the first Hawaiian-language constitution in 1839 and 1840.
More information: Wikipedia
Native speakers: 2,000 (1997) to 24,000+ (2006–2008)
Official language in: Hawaiʻi
Hawaiian Grammar and Pronunciation
- Ksdl.ksbe.edu - 30 lessoms and workbook
- ReoCities.com - Alphabet, Pronunciation Guide, Lessons, Grammar
- Olelo.hawaii.edu - Language Lessons
- WikBooks - Language Lessons
- OleloOnline.com - A website where you can learn Hawaiian language at your own pace. Video lessons are given in plain English language in a “pen and blackboard” format, with accompanying documentation. There are also audio samples for you to listen to and test your comprehension and practice your pronunciation.
Digitized Grammar Books
- Ulukau.org The Hawaiian language, a complete grammar, by Henry Judd (1939)
- Archive.org Grammar of the Hawaiian language by Lorrin Andrews (1854)
- A short synopsis of the most essential points in Hawaiian grammar by William De Witt Alexander (1864)
- Na huaolelo a me na olelo kikeke ma ka Beritania, a me ka olelo Hawaii: to teach natives to converse in English, by Artemas Bishop (1854)
- Hawaiian Grammar by Samuel H. Elbert,Mary Kawena Pukui
- Introduction to Hawaiian Grammar by W. D. Alexander
- All About Hawaiian by Albert J. Schütz (1995)
Hawaiian Vocabulary
- Wold.clld.org - Over 1400 Words
- TravLang - Vocabulary For Travelers
- DigitalDialects - Language Learning Games
- Uebersetzung - Tongue Twisters
- Alohafriendsluau.com - Popular Phrases
- Cram.com - Hundreds Of Flashcards
- MasterAnyLanguage.com - Flashcards For Learners Of All Levels
- MasterAnyLanguage.com - Vocabulary Tests
- GitHub - word frequency
Vocabulary-related (and digitized) E-books
- Archive.org Hawaiian Phrasebook (1906)
- Ulukau.org Hawaiʻi place names: shores, beaches, and surf sites
- Ulukau.org A Modern Hawaiian Vocabulary
- Hawaiian Dictionary & Phrasebook: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian by A. Scott Britton
- Treasury of Hawaiian Words in One Hundred and One Categories by Harold Winfield Kent (1993)
- Old Nene’s Book of Hawaiian Nursery Rhymes by Nalani Scharsch (2005)
Hawaiian Reading Materials
- Ulukau.org - The Hawaiian Electronic Library
- Nupepa.org - Digitized Hawaiian language newspapers published between 1834 and 1948
- Onlinenewspapers.com - Hawaiian Newspapers
- Google Books - Ka Euanelio: the New Testament in Hawaiian (1828)
- Baibala.org - Baibala Hemolele: The Hawaiian Bible (1994)
- Google Books - Ke Kauoha hou: the New Testament in Hawaiian and English (1857)
- nupepa-hawaii - more Hawaiian language newspapers
Hawaiian Dictionaries
Digitized Dictionaries
- Archive.org An English-Hawaiian dictionary; with various useful tables: prepared for the use of Hawaiian-English schools (1887)
- Ulukau.org Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian by Mary Kawena Pukui (add. link)
- A Dictionary of Hawaiian Legal Land-Terms by Paul Nahoa Lucas
- A Dictionary of the Hawaiian language, to which is appended an English-Hawaiian vocabulary and a chronological table of remarkable events by Lorrin Andrews
Hawaiian Listening and Video Resources
PODCASTS / AUDIOBOOKS
TV / VIDEO / MOVIES
- Wikipedia - A List Of TV Station in Hawaii
- Hawaiian lessons - A List Of TV Video Lessons
- Ahonui - Learn Hawaiian - YouTube
- Kulāiwi Lesson - A List Of TV Video Lessons
RADIO
- Tunein.com - Hawaiian Radio Stations
MUSIC
- MamaLisa - Kid Songs and Rhymes
- Huapala.org - Texts with translation in English (with audio)
Hawaiian In Other Languages
- Über die hawaiische Sprache: about the Hawaiian language, by Adelbert von Chamisso (1837)
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