Over generations, the native tongue of the islands had been systematically eliminated from everyday life.
For centuries, Hawaiian was an oral tongueâsteeped deeply in moâolelo (story, legend, history).
By the time Hawaiâi became a state in 1959, less than 2,000 people could speak Hawaiian fluently. Most of them were elderly; very few were children.
The language seemed on the brink of being forgotten.
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