[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 42 (Friday, March 8, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E228]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CELEBRATING THE PRESERVATION AND PERPETUATION OF THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE

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                          HON. JILL N. TOKUDA

                               of hawaii

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 8, 2024

  Ms. TOKUDA. Mr. Speaker, Hawaii's constitution recognizes two 
official languages: English and Hawaiian. Each February, we celebrate 
Mahina `Olelo Hawai`i, or Hawaiian Language Month. It's time for us to 
honor and promote the use of Hawaiian language, and to achieve this, we 
must create opportunities and environments where it can be celebrated 
and utilized. `Olelo Hawai`i is more than a language, it is a 
connection to a history and a culture that must never be forgotten. 
That is why it was so important to me to speak it today on the House 
floor. Long live the Hawaiian language.
  Therefore Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the translation in the 
Hawaiian language:
  Aloha e ka luna h`omalu,
  Ke hoia`i`o nei ko Hawai`i kumukanawai i na `olelo kuhelu `elua: ka 
Olelo Pelekania me ka Olelo Hawai`i. I kela me keia Pepeluali, e 
ho`omaika`i makou i ka Mahina `Olelo Hawai`i. `Okeia ka manawa kupono a 
kakou e ho`ohanohano a e paipai aku i ka `Olelo Hawai`i. I mea e ho`oko 
ai i ia hana, he ko`iko`i no ho`i ka `olelo a ho`olaule`a mau `ia o ka 
`Olelo Hawai`i ma na wahi like `ole, ma na `ano po`aiapili like `ole, a 
ma na `ano hanana like `ole`O ka `olelo Hawai`i, `a`ole ia he `olelo 
wale no. `O ia no he pilina i na mo`olelo me ka mo`omeheu, 'o ia no 
ho`i kahi mea e poina `ole ai. `O ia ke kumu no ka`u `olelo `ana i keia 
la ma ka papahele o ka Hale o na Lunamaka`ainana ma ka `Olelo Hawai`i. 
E ola ka `Olelo Hawai'i.

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