For a language to be considered safe from extinction, 100,000 people need to speak it. A small fraction of people speak ‘ōlelo today, but young Hawaiians using TikTok and Instagram may help change that.
An inverted Hawaiian state flag, a symbol of the islands’ sovereignty movement, flies at Mauna Kea, a volcano on the island of Hawaii. Fifty years into the islands’ cultural renaissance, language plays a central role.
Photograph By Daniella Zalcman
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