January 17, 2025
Hamline Publishes Books in Hawaiian Dialect
On the Hawaiian island of Kauai, the students of Ke Kula Niʻihau o Kekaha immersion school speak the native language of the nearby island of Ni‘ihau, which has only about 200 native speakers on the island and 200 more in their community. Ten years ago, the only book published in the Niʻihau dialect was a Bible provided by missionaries. Today, there are over 400 books written in the dialect by students and staff of Ke Kula Niʻihau o Kekaha and published by Hamline University’s Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE).