Kēkelē M.A. no ka ʻŌlelo a Moʻokalaleo Hawaiʻi
Master of Arts in Hawaiian Language and Literature
Ka Papahana
The Program
ʻO ka M.A. no ka ʻŌlelo a Moʻokalaleo Hawaiʻi ko ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo papahana mulipuka mua loa, a ʻo ia pū ka mua loa no nā ʻōlelo ʻōiwi ʻAmelika a pau. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ia papahana ma luna o nā kumuwaiwai moʻokalaleo he nui a lehulehu no nā kenekulia 19 a 20 -- ka waihona nui loa o ia ʻano na nā lāhui ʻōiwi a pau o ka honua nei.
The M.A. in Hawaiian Language and Literature is UH Hilo's first graduate program and the first focusing on a Native American language in the United States. The program draws upon the tremendous wealth of Hawaiian literary resources from the 19th and 20th centuries - regarded by some scholars as the largest such repository of any indigenous people in the world.
He hoʻomākaukau ka M.A. i nā haumāna puka no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā noi e māhuahua aʻe nei no ka ʻike kūhohonu i ka ʻōlelo a moʻokalaleo Hawaiʻi ma nā pōʻaiapili like ʻole o ka noho ʻana ma Hawaiʻi nei. ʻOiai he koi ke Kumukānāwai o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi i ka hoʻolaupaʻi ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo nāwaliwali loa ma nā kula aupuni o Hawaiʻi nei. ʻO ia wale nō ka ʻōlelo ma waho aʻe o ka Pelekānia he kaiapuni piha o ke aʻo ʻana ma nā kula aupuni.
The M.A. seeks to produce graduates prepared to meet the increasing demands for in-depth knowledge of Hawaiian language and literature in all sectors of contemporary life in Hawaiʻi. With government promotion of the language mandated by the Hawaiʻi State Constitution, Hawaiian is the language area of greatest need in Hawaiʻi public schools.
ʻĀnō, ke lawelawe ʻia nei ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ka papa haʻawina piha o 2,000 keiki ma nā mokupuni a pau koe ʻo Lānaʻi. Hoʻīho nō, ua nui nā haumāna ma nā papahana aʻo ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi o nā kulanui me nā kula kiʻekiʻe a, no ke koi a ke Kumukānāwai, he māhele ke aʻo ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ʻana o ka papa haʻawina o nā keiki kula haʻahaʻa. Aia ka ʻiʻo, ka ʻonipaʻa a me ka māhuahua ʻana aʻe o ia mau papahana i ka poʻe i kula ʻia ma ka pae mulipuka o ka ʻōlelo a moʻokalaleo Hawaiʻi.
The only language other than English used as a full medium of instruction in the public schools, Hawaiian is presently the medium through which a full academic curriculum is delivered to nearly 2,000 children on all islands except Lānaʻi. In addition, Hawaiian language-learning programs throughout the University of Hawaii system and in high schools enjoy large enrollments and, by constitutional mandate, are a part of the education of all elementary public school children. The substance, stability and growth of such programs will depend heavily upon individuals with graduate level training in Hawaiian language and literature.