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sjiveru t1_j9rur67 wrote

Reply to comment by Maharichie in TIL that there are more than 160 endangered languages in the United States alone. In addition to many Native American languages, Cajun French, Eastern Yiddish, and Martha's Vineyard, Hawaii, and Plains Sign Language are all endangered. by afeeney

It's still very much endangered, though, and will be so until there's a sufficient population learning it as kids and going on to use it with their own kids.

(I think the title is about Hawai'i Sign Language, though, not Hawai'ian the spoken language.)

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Skunkdunker t1_j9srty0 wrote

It's still recovering from a time when it was banned in schools. My Hawaiian speaking tour guide said it's spoken more by the younger generation.

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SomeDumbGamer t1_j9tu3ii wrote

Yep. Although some islands like Ni’iahu have a small but almost exclusively Hawaiian speaking population.

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