HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - More and more, you’re seeing animated messages that promote the Hawaiian language showing up on social media posts and in online chats. They are a distinctly different type ...

HONOLULU (AP) – Linguists say they have determined that a unique sign language, possibly dating back to the 1800s or earlier, is being used in Hawaii, marking the first time in 80 years a previously ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - As February marks Mahina Olelo Hawaii or Hawaiian Language Month, the popular local band, “The Green” is putting on a special song translation contest. The contest will run ...

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health are advancing efforts to enrich ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) with new eldercare terms, blending ...

“In one generation, olelo Hawaii was nearly erased,” Kainoa Daines, co-author of “Island Wisdom: Hawaiian Traditions and Practices for a Meaningful Life” and senior director of the Hawaii Visitors and ...

The Hokulea, a traditional Hawaiian voyage, arrived in Hawai'i on June 17, 2017, after its worldwide voyage only using traditional navigation such as sun, stars, winds and waves. Hawaiian students ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — In the ahupuaʻa of Niumalu, which lies in the moku of Puna here on the island of Kauaʻi, stands a street that helps to learn some adjectives ma ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. We are speaking of ...

The first of three “Ola ka ‘I” events took place Jan. 28 at Windward Mall, celebrating Native Hawaiian Language Month. “We’ve seen graduates who have gone through our program from preschool through ...

The airline’s specially painted Airbus A330 features the phrase “Aloha a puni ka honua,” which means “Aloha all around the ...

Kulaniakea is a nonprofit that offers preschool and toddler programs focused on Indigenous ways of learning. Above, students and a teacher aboard the Hokule‘a in 2019. In 2019, Kahanuola Solatorio, ...