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From: https://www.npr.org/2019/10/14/770133522/code-switch-saving-the-endangered-hawaiian-language

Hawaiian-language schools and the revitalization of the once dying language are the focus of this interview conducted by NPR. The principal of the prominent Hawaiian-language-only school Ke Kula ‘O Nawahiokalani’opu’u describes how she grew up knowing Hawaiian culture, but only learned the language when she was 18 due to the state's Enligsh bias. Her creation of a school where students can develop fluency in Hawaiian at a young age has helped revitalize the Hawaiian language. 

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