Posts Tagged ‘Languages’

Local Hawaiian Music From the 70′s

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The music of Hawaiʻi includes an array of traditional and popular styles, ranging from native Hawaiian folk music to modern rock and hip hop. Hawaiʻi’s musical contributions to the music of the United States are out of proportion to the state’s small size. Styles like slack-key guitar are well-known worldwide, while Hawaiian-tinged music is a [...]

Foursquare Adds 5 New Languages

Foursquare has added five new languages to its app: Bahasa Indonesian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Thai. To check in using those languages… Mashable

Hawaiian Pidgin 101

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Pidgin (or Hawaiʻi Creole) originated as a form of communication used between English speaking residents and non-English speaking immigrants in Hawaiʻi.[4] It supplanted the pidgin Hawaiian used on the plantations and elsewhere in Hawaiʻi. It has been influenced by many languages, including Portuguese, Hawaiian, and Cantonese. As people of other language backgrounds were brought in [...]

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