The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: HPS
ISO 639-2: sgn
| Population | A few users out of about 6,000 profoundly deaf people in Hawaii (1987 Honolulu Star-Bulletin), 72,000 deaf or hard of hearing people in Hawaii (1998 Honolulu Advertiser). |
| Region | Hawaiian Islands. |
| Alternate names | PIDGIN SIGN LANGUAGE |
| Classification | Deaf sign language. |
| Comments | Bilingualism in American Sign Language. Mainly 70 to 90 years old (1993). 9,600 deaf people in Hawaii now use American Sign Language with a few local signs for place names and cultural items (1998 Honolulu Advertiser). Nearly extinct. |
