08-14-2021, 10:58 PM
Hawaiians did not have a written language...
If you have any interest in posting accurate information on this topic you can read the English translation of David Malo's classic book, known as Hawaiian Antiquities:
David Malo (ca. 1793–1853) stands with Samuel Kamakau and John Papa ‘Ī‘ī as one of the three most significant Native Hawaiian historians of the nineteenth century. Malo’s Hawaiian Antiquities is considered a classic and deserves a place in the library of any serious student of Hawaiiana. Raised among chiefs, priests, artisans, and scholars in the court of Kamehameha I, Malo provides one of the few authentic sources of information on the ancient beliefs and practices of Hawaiians.
https://bishopmuseumpress.org/products/h...lo-hawai-i
All of Maloʻs writing, his intellectual production and the moʻokūʻauhau (genealogies), kanikau (laments), letters and published works were all composed ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, in the Hawaiian language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Malo
If you have any interest in posting accurate information on this topic you can read the English translation of David Malo's classic book, known as Hawaiian Antiquities:
David Malo (ca. 1793–1853) stands with Samuel Kamakau and John Papa ‘Ī‘ī as one of the three most significant Native Hawaiian historians of the nineteenth century. Malo’s Hawaiian Antiquities is considered a classic and deserves a place in the library of any serious student of Hawaiiana. Raised among chiefs, priests, artisans, and scholars in the court of Kamehameha I, Malo provides one of the few authentic sources of information on the ancient beliefs and practices of Hawaiians.
https://bishopmuseumpress.org/products/h...lo-hawai-i
All of Maloʻs writing, his intellectual production and the moʻokūʻauhau (genealogies), kanikau (laments), letters and published works were all composed ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, in the Hawaiian language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Malo