Technology Boost for Hawaiian Language (fwd link)

[Keola Donaghy]

Aloha Phil, it was wonderful to meet with you in person and others so  
involved in this kind of work as well. I found both gatherings very  
invigorating and hope others did as well.

Keola

On 18 Mal. 2009, at 10:53 AM, phil cash cash wrote:

> Nice article Keola!  It was great to hear more about your work in  
> Hawai'i at the Lang Documentation conference and in Hilo at the He  
> ‘Olelo Ola: A Living Hawaiian Language Through Revitalization  
> gathering.
>
> Again both great gatherings.  :)
>
> Phil
>
> Quoting phil cash cash <cashcash at email.arizona.edu>:
>
> > Technology Boost for Hawaiian Language
> >
> > Written by Sunrise on KGMB9 - sunrise at kgmb9.com
> > March 17, 2009 07:20 AM
> > USA
> >
> > [media clip]
> >
> > The Hawaiian perspective has roots in traditional knowledge, but it
> > is not lost
> > in today's technological society.
> >
> > "There weren't a lot of computer resources to support the  
> language. It was
> > difficult just typing 'okina and kahako," said Keola Donaghy.
> >
> > So Keola looked for resources, like Leoki, the first indigenous  
> language
> > electronic bulletin board.
> >
> > "It was a way for us to exchange emails in Hawaiian," Donaghy said.
> >
> > Access full article below:
> > http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/15121/173/
>



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Keola Donaghy
Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Studies
Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani             keola at leoki.uhh.hawaii.edu
University of Hawai'i at Hilo           http://www2.hawaii.edu/~donaghy/

"Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam."  (Irish Gaelic saying)
A country without its language is a country without its soul.
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