Hawai'i Creole English

GPTKB entity

Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf creole language
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Hawaiian_Pidgin
gptkbp:developedBy plantation pidgin
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Hawaiian_language
gptkb:Hawaiian_English
gptkbp:hasCodeSwitchingWith gptkb:Standard_English
Hawaiian
gptkbp:hasLexicalFeatures loanwords from Asian and Pacific languages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hawai'i Creole English
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Cantonese
gptkb:Korean
English
Hawaiian
Japanese
Portuguese
Filipino languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 gptkb:hwc
gptkbp:languageFamily creole language
gptkbp:linguisticFeature non-rhoticity
simplified verb conjugation
use of 'go' for future tense
use of 'wen' for past tense
gptkbp:notOfficialLanguageOf gptkb:Hawaii
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers about 600000
gptkbp:originatedIn late 19th century
gptkbp:region gptkb:Pacific_Islands
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Hawaii
gptkbp:status recognized as a language by the US Census Bureau
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:linguist
gptkbp:subject language stigma
gptkbp:usedBy multiethnic communities in Hawaii
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:media
gptkb:music
gptkb:theatre
local literature
informal communication
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hawaiian_Creole_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7