Most research focuses on global languages like English, French or Chinese. Hawaiian voices have largely been left out.

More than 40 years ago, our kūpuna and community leaders fought to bring ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi back to life. They dreamed that our language would once again be spoken in homes, schools and classrooms.

Today, that dream is alive in our keiki who grow up bilingual in Hawaiian and English.

But while Hawaiian is strong in our communities, there is one place it has not yet fully reached: the world of neuroscience.

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