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Hawai'i Sign Language
Hawai'i Sign Language (HSL), also known as Pidgin Sign Language (PSL), is an endangered language located in Hawai'i. The language can be traced back to 1820, however, due to the widespread use of American Sign Language (ASL), HSL was discovered on March 1, 2013 by a research group from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa At the time of discovery, the language was used by around 40 people, mostly over 80-years-old. Linguistic experts believe HSL is the last undiscovered language in America.

The Research team interviewed 19 deaf people and two children of deaf parents on four islands. The researchers discovered only 20% of HSL had traces of ASL. HSL is considered an independent language due to the distinctive differences of the two languages.

HSL is considered "nearly extinct". Three members of the research team (Linda Lambrecht, James Woodward and Barbara Clark) are working to save the language. Their goal is to have 20-hours of translated-HSL on video. Another research member, Samantha Rarrick, is part of the Sign Language Documentation Training Center at the Univeristy of Hawai'i. Their goal is to teach graduate students how to document HSL.