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Hawaiian language : Past, present, and future by Albert J. Schütz is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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With color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, __Hawaiian Language: Past, Present, Future__ presents aspects of Hawaiian and its history that are rarely treated in language classes. The major characters in this book make up a diverse cast: Dutch merchants, Captain Cook’s naturalist and philologist William Anderson, ‘Ōpūkaha‘ia (the inspiration for the Hawaiian Mission), the American lexicographer Noah Webster, philologists in New England, missionary-linguists and their Hawaiian consultants, and many minor players. The account begins in prehistory, placing the probable origins of the ancestor of Polynesian languages in mainland Asia. An evolving family tree reflects the linguistic changes that took place as these people moved east. The current versions are examined from a Hawaiian-centered point of view, comparing the sound system of the language with those of its major relatives in the Polynesian triangle. More recent historical topics begin with the first written samples of a Polynesian language in 1616, which led to the birth of the idea of a widespread language family. The next topic is how the Hawaiian alphabet was developed. The first efforts suffered from having too

Who reads Hawaiian language : Past, present, and future?

Author

Albert J. Schütz

Publisher

University of Hawaiʻi Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824880453

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities