HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A push to provide a Hawaiian language interpreter at court proceedings is gaining momentum at the State Capitol. Dozens of supporters packed a hearing at the State Capitol ...

The recent court controversy over whether a professor charged with a crime can use his native language of Hawaiian in his court proceedings has made me recollect Thomas Paine’s statement regarding the ...

Noriyuki Matsuda, the CEO and founder of Sourcenext, the company that makes a translation device called Pocketalk, was in Hawaii recently introducing to local business leaders the latest technology ...

Most research focuses on global languages like English, French or Chinese. Hawaiian voices have largely been left out.

Students, alumni and faculty of five University of Hawaii programs joined Disney star Aulii Cravalho to bring the Hawaiian Language version of Moana to life. In addition to Cravalho, the voice actors ...

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 ...

Five Hilo students have their research projects in ‘Olelo Hawaii (the Hawaiian language) featured in a first-of-its-kind online showcase titled, “In Language There is Life: I ka ‘olelo no ke ola.” The ...

Hawaiian immersion students at Kalama Intermediate chant in Hawaiian during the dedication of a new mural on the school’s campus. The Maui News / Matthew Thayer archive photo Once banned in public ...

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 ...

SO SING THE children at Hawaii’s Punana Leo O Hilo kindergarten on the Big Island of Hawaii. “It is raining on the uplands, it is raining by the sea.” The chant is much like any other “Rain, rain, go ...