Hawaiian Creole English

GPTKB entity

Statements (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf creole language
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Hawai'i_Creole_English
gptkb:Hawaiian_Pidgin
gptkbp:codename Glottolog: hawa1245
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Hawaiian_Pidgin_English
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Hawaiian_language
gptkb:Standard_English
gptkbp:hasVocabulary gptkb:Cantonese
Hawaiian
Japanese
Portuguese
Filipino languages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hawaiian Creole English
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Cantonese
English
Hawaiian
Japanese
Portuguese
Filipino languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 gptkb:hwc
gptkbp:languageFamily creole language
gptkbp:linguisticFeature non-rhoticity
plural marker 'dem'
simplified verb tenses
use of 'go' for future tense
use of 'wen' for past tense
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers about 600,000
gptkbp:originatedIn late 19th century
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Hawaii
gptkbp:status recognized as a dialect
gptkbp:subjectOf linguistic theory
debate over official status
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus Vulnerable
gptkbp:usedBy local residents of Hawaii
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:media
education (informally)
gptkbp:usedInLiterature local novels and poetry
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pidgin_Hawaiian
gptkb:John_H._McWhorter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6