Legal Status of official English in Hawaii
In 1978, this state made English and Hawaiian its official languages.
Official English Law in Hawaii
HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE XV, SECTION 4, OFFICIAL LANGUAGES (1978)
English and Hawaiian shall be the official languages of Hawaii, except that Hawaiian shall be required for public acts and transactions only as provided by law.
LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN HAWAII
832,226 | English | |
302,125 | All languages other than English combined | |
60,967 | Tagalog | |
56,225 | Japanese | |
29,363 | Chinese | |
18,820 | Spanish or Spanish Creole | |
18,337 | Korean | |
8,270 | Vietnamese | |
3,986 | German | |
3,310 | French (incl. Patois, Cajun) | |
1,920 | Laotian | |
1,496 | Thai | |
1,238 | Portuguese or Portuguese Creole | |
826 | Italian | |
729 | Arabic | |
727 | Scandinavian languages | |
432 | Russian | |
359 | African languages | |
274 | Polish | |
242 | Hungarian | |
203 | Greek | |
200 | Hindi | |
192 | Persian | |
162 | Mon-Khmer, Cambodian | |
147 | Other Native North American languages | |
128 | French Creole | |
127 | Urdu | |
118 | Hebrew | |
87 | Serbo-Croatian | |
59 | Armenian | |
58 | Navajo | |
41 | Yiddish | |
30 | Miao, Hmong | |
27 | Gujarathi |