This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Deaf This article is part of WikiProject Deaf, the WikiProject which seeks to improve articles relating to all aspects of deaf-related and Deaf culture. For the Project guidelines, see the project page or talk page.DeafWikipedia:WikiProject DeafTemplate:WikiProject Deafdeaf articles ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. Languages This article is within the scope of WikiProject Languages, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of languages on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.LanguagesWikipedia:WikiProject LanguagesTemplate:WikiProject Languageslanguage articles ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. Hawaii This article is within the scope of WikiProject Hawaii, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Hawaii on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.HawaiiWikipedia:WikiProject HawaiiTemplate:WikiProject HawaiiHawaii articles ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. Linguistics This article is within the scope of WikiProject Linguistics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of linguistics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.LinguisticsWikipedia:WikiProject LinguisticsTemplate:WikiProject LinguisticsLinguistics articles ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. Polynesia Mid‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Polynesia, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Polynesia on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PolynesiaWikipedia:WikiProject PolynesiaTemplate:WikiProject PolynesiaPolynesia articles Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Rmodell95. Peer reviewers: Rmodell95, Martitay.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 23:09, 16 January 2022 (UTC) reply

At some point, it will probably be appropriate to move this page to "Hawaii Sign Language", following the preference of the researchers who have begun work documenting the language (Lambrecht, Earth and Woodward, see citation in article). The misleading name "Hawaii Pidgin Sign Language" got enshrined in ISO 639-3 only because, when Ethnologue added the language in 1988, the source of information on it was a newspaper article that used that name. I am not moving the page now, however, because Ethnologue and ISO 639-3 still list the old name. There hasn't been enough time for the preferred name to come into widespread use (other than the recent flurry of news articles on Lambrecht et al.'s research). I'm sure that in time it will, especially since Lambrecht is one of the few remaining signers and the primary language activist for the community. Given that Wikipedia should describe current practice rather than promote one particular name over another, we should wait until this happens. AlbertBickford ( talk) 15:30, 13 March 2013 (UTC) reply

Relevance

It may not be necessary to put phrases such as "30 speakers worldwide" unless the last speakers on HSL are spread across different parts of the globe. You may also want to explain later on in the article in what ways does HSL differ to ASL. Also a citation for the final sentence in paragraph three might be useful in supporting that claim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martitay ( talk • contribs) 20:31, 7 April 2017 (UTC) reply

I loved the sign for "dog" in the video originally presented by the university. If a native Hawaiian Wikipedian felt like learning that sign from the video and then have someone snap a digital pic of them making the sign for "dog" it would greatly add to the article. we can't take screen-grabs from the video, so this would be the next best way to show a person using the language. I suggested "dog" becuase it is vastly different than the ALS sign for dog and shows the practical nature of HLS. LiPollis ( talk) 20:20, 17 June 2016 (UTC) reply