Hawai’i Pidgin Sign Language
PrintA language of United States
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Pidgin Sign Language
Population
A few users from 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).
Location
Hawaiian Islands.
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification
Language Use
9,600 deaf in Hawaii now use American Sign Language [ase] with a few local signs for place names and cultural items (1998 Honolulu Advertiser). Older adults.
Language Resources
Not a pidgin sign language.