The street name ʻEhā translates as the number “four” or “four times,” but it could vary depending on spelling and pronunciation. Counting in the Hawaiian language, or ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, can seem ...

I have begun to see myself as a speaker of a nascent dialect that deserves further study by linguistic scholars. This is the patois of long-term foreign residents of Japan, who, despite being native ...