Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
There was once a point in time when it was illegal to speak Hawaiian. The language was
reserved to the home, children were punished for speaking it in school, and a census per-
formed in 1983 determined there were only 50 island youths who could speak their native
tongue. It wasn't until 1978 that the language began a monumental comeback as part of
a greater movement known as the Hawaiian Renaissance, and today, Hawaiian is fluently