Did you know Hawai'i Sign Language is critically endangered?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Hawaii Sign Language, Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language, Pidgin Sign Language,
CLASSIFICATION		Sign Language, Pacific
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		hps
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Critically endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
a few users
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
A few users from about 6,000 profoundly deaf people in Hawaii (1987 Honolulu Star-Bulletin), 72,000 deaf or hard-of-hearing people in Hawaii (1998 Honolulu Advertiser).

Largely replaced by American Sign Language [ase], starting about 1950. A few users from about 6,000 profoundly deaf people in Hawaii (1987 Honolulu Star-Bulletin), 72,000 deaf or hard-of-hearing people in Hawaii (1998 Honolulu Advertiser). Elderly only. Also use American Sign Language [ase], English [eng]. (2013.)

	2012	Personal Communication on sign languages					James Woodward	James Woodward. 2012. "Personal Communication on sign languages."		30	10-99	9-20? (2012)		Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	15	USA, Hawaii
		Glottolog				http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/		"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.									USA, Hawaii	21.63, -158.00
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	a few users		A few users from about 6,000 profoundly deaf people in Hawaii (1987 Honolulu Star-Bulletin), 72,000 deaf or hard-of-hearing people in Hawaii (1998 Honolulu Advertiser). Largely replaced by American Sign Language [ase], starting about 1950. A few users from about 6,000 profoundly deaf people in Hawaii (1987 Honolulu Star-Bulletin), 72,000 deaf or hard-of-hearing people in Hawaii (1998 Honolulu Advertiser). Elderly only. Also use American Sign Language [ase], English [eng]. (2013.)	American Sign Language	Critically Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		Hawai'i

Hawai'i Sign Language