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    What percentage of people speaks Hawaiian on the islands? Is the pidgin a different name for Hawaiian?

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    Originally posted by Ania
    What percentage of people speaks Hawaiian on the islands? Is the pidgin a different name for Hawaiian?
    There are probably only a few thousand people who are fluent in Hawaiian these days, although many Hawaiian words are commonly used every day here.

    Pidgin isn't the same as Hawaiian, it's a variant of English that's been influenced by Hawaiian and several other languages. It's also not actually a "pidgin" as the linguists define their terms. Technically, the linguists call it Hawaii Creole English, but everybody colloquially calls it pidgin.

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      Thanks Glen.

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