A language is a dialogue with the environment… it captures the essence of that place where it developed better than imported languages. Being able to know these couple dozen words for different types of rain that Hawaiian has, that English doesn’t…that’s something that’s just, I think, really meaningful to be able to experience. It always gives you more. You see more colors in the spectrum. It’s a richer experience.

Hawaii’s Native language nearly vanished—this is the fight to bring it back