<div dir="auto"><p dir="ltr"><b style="font-size:1.5em">The fight to save Hawaii Sign Language from extinction</b><br></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/10/08/americas/hawaii-sign-language-extinction-as-equals-intl-cmd/index.html">https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/10/08/americas/hawaii-sign-language-extinction-as-equals-intl-cmd/index.html</a></span></p><p dir="ltr">By Corinne Chin, CNN<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">Updated 8:46 AM EDT, Fri October 08, 2021</p>
<p dir="ltr"><i>Honolulu, Hawaii(CNN)</i> Linda Yuen Lambrecht stands in front of a webcam, with the space from her head to her hips -- her signing space -- perfectly centered in the frame; a white plumeria fastened above her left ear. On screen, three women look back at her. </p>
<p dir="ltr">"No American Sign Language [ASL]," Lambrecht reminds them with her hands, as the virtual class begins. "This is Hawaii Sign Language [HSL]." <br></p><p dir="ltr"><br></p></div>