User:Ijcima/Hawaiian language

In 1841, the Kingdom of Hawaii implemented Hawaiian medium education in 1,100 schools. Later that century, the Hawaiian literacy rate was estimated to be more than 90%. However, since 1896, after the United States annexed the island of Hawaii, the Hawaiian language was banned from being taught in schools. English gradually took over as the lingua franca of Hawaii and Hawaiian language became less spoken. In the mid-1980s, the first Hawaiian language "immersion school" was created as an effort to save the language from extinction. According to a 2016 state government report, 18,000 people living in Hawaii speak English along with Hawaiian in their homes.