Today, two dozen schools have Hawaiian language immersion programs, and Census data show more than 27,000 people in Hawaii, and 34,000 in the U.S., speak Hawaiian at home.

A resolution celebrating February as Hawaiian Language Month, or Mahina Olelo Hawaii, was introduced by Hawaii’s congressional delegation. The resolution, led by U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz and U.S ...

Today, two dozen schools have Hawaiian language immersion programs, and Census data show more than 27,000 people in Hawaii, and 34,000 in the U.S., speak Hawaiian at home.

Today, there are only an estimated 26,000 Hawaiian language speakers even with some 309,000 people identifying as at least partially Hawaiian, according to the 2021 U.S. census.