BILLS AIM TO BOOST USE OF HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Monday, February 21, 2005
By Ron Staton -Associated Press
If all of Hawaii's state and county signs were in Hawaiian and English, Daniel Anthony says he would have the opportunity to use the language he
grew up with and started to speak in high school.
"It would mean a lot to use the language I love every day," said the Honolulu resident, who continues to study the Hawaiian language while working full time. "The challenge is that there is no practical application."
"Hawaii is unique because it has two official languages," said state Sen. J. Kalani English, who speaks Hawaiian and wants the language used more extensively. "A person can go to court and present a document in Hawaiian if he chooses."
The Legislature has in the past even approved resolutions that were written in the Hawaiian language, English noted.
But Anthony said a judge at Waianae District Court once jailed him for four hours before an interpreter was brought in because he refused to speak English.
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