Here in Hawaii,
all the newcomers
all the newcomers
and the Hawaiians
developed a unique language
for working class communication
called
Hawaii Creole English, HCE,
We call it Pidgin.
I will never speak like a native speaker
of Pidgin, but I (mostly) understand
and use Pidgin proudly.
If you read my book
(see the top of this page,
there on the right)
you already know Pidgin.
BUT
NO ONE KNEW
that Hawaii's Deaf
also developed their own
unique and practical
Hawaii Sign Language
HSL !
Older members of Hawaii's
Deaf community
recently brought this language
to the attention of the Linguistics
Department at University Of Hawaii
who consider this a true, unique language
that will now be documented
before it disappears.
This is the biggest discovery
in the linguistics community in
Some Time!
Headlines include:
""Nearly lost language discovered in Hawai'i "
LINK
Check it out,
and to hear Hawaiian Pidgin
listen to the family in the brief video:
Hawaii Creole English, HCE,
We call it Pidgin.
I will never speak like a native speaker
of Pidgin, but I (mostly) understand
and use Pidgin proudly.
If you read my book
(see the top of this page,
there on the right)
you already know Pidgin.
BUT
NO ONE KNEW
that Hawaii's Deaf
also developed their own
unique and practical
Hawaii Sign Language
HSL !
Older members of Hawaii's
Deaf community
recently brought this language
to the attention of the Linguistics
Department at University Of Hawaii
who consider this a true, unique language
that will now be documented
before it disappears.
This is the biggest discovery
in the linguistics community in
Some Time!
Headlines include:
""Nearly lost language discovered in Hawai'i "
LINK
Check it out,
and to hear Hawaiian Pidgin
listen to the family in the brief video:
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Warmly, cloudia
Very interesting Cloudia!! Have a good weekend!! xo
ReplyDeleteJeanne
The first capture is mind blowing.
ReplyDeleteInteresting info about the language.
Thanks Gal Pals!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! A newly discovered language! How cool is that!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful that it was discovered BEFORE it was lost. Yay.
ReplyDeleteI just saw this on TV tonight. Isn't it amazing and so wonderful?
ReplyDeleteI didn't know about Hawaiian sign language.
ReplyDeletepurely magical post!
ReplyDeletei really like that first shot of the clouds. looks like lace. beautiful!
the info about the language is much appreciated, too.
alohaaa!!
xoxo
Fascinating!
ReplyDeleteNamaste /\ from Mumbai
Aloha!
The sky in first image is spectacular Cloudia, mother nature at her best! I love the family chatting, when we lived in Africa the Africans spoke what we called 'pidgin English', very similar inflection.
ReplyDeletei like it! :)
ReplyDeletereally love the first shot you showed.
Thanks! I didn't know this either or it would have been mentioned in my book like the lost hand language of Hula!
ReplyDeleteI do have your book! All I can say is, those that don't should! Aloha- Where You Like Go?- A really special note for me, I never knew how much I was missing about Hawaii- thank goodness I happened upon on blog, and kept coming back.
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