Talk:Hawaiʻi Sign Language

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Name for the page
At some point, it will probably be appropriate to move this page to "Hawaii Sign Language", following the preference of the researchers who have begun work documenting the language (Lambrecht, Earth and Woodward, see citation in article). The misleading name "Hawaii Pidgin Sign Language" got enshrined in ISO 639-3 only because, when Ethnologue added the language in 1988, the source of information on it was a newspaper article that used that name. I am not moving the page now, however, because Ethnologue and ISO 639-3 still list the old name. There hasn't been enough time for the preferred name to come into widespread use (other than the recent flurry of news articles on Lambrecht et al.'s research). I'm sure that in time it will, especially since Lambrecht is one of the few remaining signers and the primary language activist for the community. Given that Wikipedia should describe current practice rather than promote one particular name over another, we should wait until this happens. AlbertBickford (talk) 15:30, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Relevance
It may not be necessary to put phrases such as "30 speakers worldwide" unless the last speakers on HSL are spread across different parts of the globe. You may also want to explain later on in the article in what ways does HSL differ to ASL. Also a citation for the final sentence in paragraph three might be useful in supporting that claim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martitay (talk • contribs) 20:31, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

It would help to have a photo of someone signing in the language
I loved the sign for "dog" in the video originally presented by the university. If a native Hawaiian Wikipedian felt like learning that sign from the video and then have someone snap a digital pic of them making the sign for "dog" it would greatly add to the article. we can't take screen-grabs from the video, so this would be the next best way to show a person using the language. I suggested "dog" becuase it is vastly different than the ALS sign for dog and shows the practical nature of HLS. LiPollis (talk) 20:20, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 1 July 2020

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Moved to Hawaiʻi Sign Language, executive decision since there is consensus not to stay at the current title  (t · c)  buidhe  04:31, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Hawai'i Sign Language → ? – Hawaii Sign Language or Hawaii Sign Language – use either English spelling without an apostrophe, or Hawaiian spelling with an okina, dep on sources (most seem to use Hawaiian) — kwami (talk) 17:50, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Given the guidelines in Manual of Style, I would support this move. It would also be a good idea to unify the spellings used in the article - some use Hawai'i and some use Hawaii. Emflazie (talk) 15:03, 2 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Support either move. The apostrophe is wrong. kennethaw88 • talk 02:28, 8 July 2020 (UTC)