Hawaiian Pidgin facts
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There is a version of the Bible translated into Hawaiian Pidgin called 'Da Jesus Book'
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There is a version of the Bible translated into Hawaiian Pidgin called "Da Jesus Book"
What does dakine mean in hawaiian pidgin?
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In Hawaiian Pidgin, an english based creole language, the Bible is called "Da Jesus Book"
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The Hawaiian Pidgin Bible features chapters called "Jesus Guys do awesome stuff", "Jesus inside da temple", "Dis God's spesho' guy?", "Who da numba one guy?" and "Tell Everybody “Aloha!”".
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The term "brah" is Hawaiian pidgin, short for brahdah (brother), and was popularized in surf culture.
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Both English and Hawaiian are official languages in the state. Other languages spoken include Tongan, Samoan and Pidgin.
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Hawaiian Pidgin English - a creole language of Hawai'i with over 600,000 native speakers as of 2012, officially declared a language in 2015 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The Bible is translated into "Hawaiian Pidgin," which reads a lot like ebonics
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Hawaiian Creole "Pidgin" is a recognized language
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"Uku," the name of the male volcano in the Pixar short "Lava," means "head lice" in Hawaiian Pidgin.
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"Pau" (pronounced Pow) in Hawaiian Pidgin English means "Done" or "Finished."
