Hawaiian
Human language
Hawaiian is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with... Wikipedia
Language families: Austronesian languages, Polynesian languages, Marquesic languages, and more
Cats: popoki
Dialects: Standard Hawaiian; Niʻihau dialect; Other dialects
Early forms: Proto-Austronesian: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian > Proto-Oceanic > Proto-Central Pacific > Proto-Polynesian
Ethnicity: Native Hawaiians
Native speakers: Native: 2,000 2nd: 22,000–24,000 Used at Home: 18,000 (2007)