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Data Inspires Pride for Pidgin, the Language of Hawaii
2016-02-18 09:41:30| Airlines - Topix.net
When Hawaii comedian Andy Bumatai was searching for a new way to attract the attention of audiences on the Internet, his wife suggested he find inspiration in something from the old days: Pidgin, the language of his youth. Her idea came after news reports on census data showed the number of speakers in the islands who said they spoke Pidgin, a mix of the languages spoken by Hawaiian, Filipino, Chinese, Puerto Rican and other workers who toiled in the state's sugar plantations.
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