Litir de Ameireaca (uill, mu dheidhinn Hawaii)

[Seonaidh]

Fhuair mi post-d an-diugh my dheidhinn rudan chànain ann an Hawai'i Seo e:-

Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations on your success.

Congratulations to all of you in Hawaii for the work and inspiration you give to people all over the world.

You are succeeding where the large minority language movements and government bodies are floundering in the dark.

To think that their were just 900 to 1200 people fluent in Hawaiian in 1982 and now there are between 9,000 and 14,000 speakers. Now this coupled with the intergenerational-transmittion success is a marvellous news item, indeed incredible and all with very little funding.

Obviously, you know where to put both money, effort and scarce human resources to the greatest effect.

Intergenerational transmittion is the most difficult objective to achieve and this you have done immediately with the first generation of children to have graduated from your Hawaiian medium schools; something we in Scotland can only dream about.

What is so clear is that you are confident and believe in your own working methods and do not rely on other countries for inspiration and innovation and centre your resources where it really counts.

As things stand in Scotland it will most likely take us between 100 and 150 years to achieve both any long lasting intergenerational transmittion and the Gaelic communities which flow from such developments.

I would like to share your success with another 3000 people at least through email, web sites, etc

Great news for everyone.

Please pass on my best wishes.

Co-dhiù, seo rudeigin de làraich lìn "hawaii.gov":-

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, almost 290,000 of Hawai'i's 1.2 million people, or 24% of Hawaii’s population, speak a language other than English at home; this includes over 250,000 persons who speak an Asian or Pacific Island language. For many, English is not their primary language, and they have only a limited ability to read, write, speak, or understand English. Language barriers often prohibit many residents from fully participating in our community and undermine efforts to become self-sufficient and productive.

In 2006, the legislature recognized and acknowledged that language is a barrier for those living in Hawaii who have identified themselves as being limited English proficient (“LEP”). Consequently, the legislature passed Act 290, later codified in sections 371-31 to -37, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to ensure that LEP individuals have equal, meaningful access to state-funded services in Hawaii.

1982: 's dòcha 1,000 a bha Hawaiis aca
2000: 's dòcha 250,000 a bha Hawaiis aca - 's dòcha 100,000 nach robh deagh Bheurla aca
2009: 's dòcha 10,000 a tha Hawaiis aca.

An creid thu na statastaigean seo? Tha cudeigin, àitegin, air a mhealladh, tha mi a' creidsinn.

[Fionnlagh]

How is it that it is so very difficult to understand that out of the whole Hawaiian population only 900 to 1200 people could speak the Hawaiian language fluently in 1982.

Now the population of fluent Hawaiian speakers has gone up to between 9000 and 14,000 speakers. which is a major achievement.


I did have information about possible Gaelic developments in Fife but now I feel it is better not to say anything about them anywhere on this site.
Sorry.

[GunChleoc]

The point Seonaidh was making is that the statistics for 2000 and 2009 don't match.

I think the reason for that is "over 250,000 persons who speak an Asian or Pacific Island language" doesn't mean just Hawaiian, but any Asian or Pacific Island language

[neoni]

How is it that it is so very difficult to understand that out of the whole Hawaiian population only 900 to 1200 people could speak the Hawaiian language fluently in 1982.

Now the population of fluent Hawaiian speakers has gone up to between 9000 and 14,000 speakers. which is a major achievement.


I did have information about possible Gaelic developments in Fife but now I feel it is better not to say anything about them anywhere on this site.
Sorry.

leugh am post aige a-rithist

ach co-dhiù, dè tha ceàrr ort? carson a tha thu daonnan cho mì-mhodhail dhan a h-uile duine? agus carson a bhios tu DAONNAN a' sgrìobhadh sa bheurla?

airson neach a tha a' ruith cùrsaichean anns nach eil facal beurla, bidh thu ga cleachdadh gu tric air a thaobh a-muigh...

[akerbeltz]

As of the 2000 Census, 73.44% of Hawaii residents age 5 and older speak only English at home. Tagalog speakers make up 5.37% (which includes non-native speakers of Wikang Filipino, the national co-official Tagalog-based language), followed by Japanese at 4.96%, Ilokano at 4.05%, Chinese at 1.92%, Hawaiian at 1.68%, Spanish at 1.66%, Korean at 1.61%, and Samoan at 1.01%.

Mar sin, a-mach à 1.2 millean > 20160 aig an robh kōlelo hawai'i ann an 2000. 'S dòcha gun robh puing anns an àite chearr.

[Tearlach61]

B' aithne dhomh cuideigin ann an Kodiak à Hawaii 's bha cuid a theaghlaichgu mòr an sàs an iomairt seo 's a rèir coltais tha iad air bhith nas soirbheachaile na a' mhòr chuid. San sgìre far a bheil mise, 's e Tlingit an cànan tùsail 's tha e ann an staing gun teagamh. Tha iomairt ann gus a shàbhaladh ach tha mi caran abharasach am bi iad cho soirbheachail. Oir 's e glè ainneamh a thèid Tlingit cleachdadh gu làitheil ann am beatha fhèin. 'S e seo as fheudar aig ceann thall.


"1982: 's dòcha 1,000 a bha Hawaiis aca
2000: 's dòcha 250,000 a bha Hawaiis aca - 's dòcha 100,000 nach robh deagh Bheurla aca
2009: 's dòcha 10,000 a tha Hawaiis aca"

Tha seo furasda gu leòr tuigsinn dhomhsa. Nuair a chanas iad Asian or Pacific Island language, tha sin a' gabhail a-steach Iapanais, Sìonis is eile. Tha tòrr mòr dhaoine as na Philipines ann an Alasga 's mòran diubh gun mòran beurla idir. Cha chuireadh ionadh orm nan robh mòran aca ann an Hawaii cuideachd.