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<br /> SENT BY~Xerox Telecopier 7021 ,12-t5-~~' '~O~P~' ~C85941865~ 9693291.tt 2 <br /> PNONE (806) 594.1888 I/ . FqX (8p8) 594-1885 <br /> ~a` ce <br /> i~.YE f`i <br /> OFFVCE C7F HAWAi!,° ` "G,IRS <br /> 711 KAPI'O LfiNI ©OULE','r - ~ tli I E 500 <br /> 4?nFJ~~LULU, HF~W' <br /> TESTIMONY a~l''ORTII"~ ~ ~ a~: PASSAGE OF <br /> BILL 162, AN ORISIT~*: <br /> b;'VCE : tiNG CHAPTER 2 <br /> OF THE HAWAII C't?t!"~TY ~''=~r~3 (1995 EDITION) <br /> TO ENCOURAGE b PROI'k~: ~ B? ~,.,:VD SPELLING <br /> OF HAWAIIf~`~ R'O;P3;`; ~'ERMS <br /> ?c:crmber ] 7. <br /> Aloha mai kakou, Chairman Arakaki aoui riambers of R.i`i County Council. The Office of <br /> Hawaiian Affairs supports BILL, 762, 'r r?RDIr~,',31'a w yZi'NDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE <br /> HAWAI `I COUNTY CODE 1983 (19>'S Ls"DITIOe'r, "„,O URAGE THE PROPER USE <br /> AND SPEI,.LING OF HAWAIIAN id "G:°'DS rL'vD a . <br /> Section 4, Article XIV of the COnSiltUtl9i1 of the State ~.~ai`i mandates that "English and <br /> Hawaiian shall be the o~cta6larrgteag'~r cfHmvaJ'i, c_ l~at Hawaitan shall be required <br /> for <br /> p~bdic acts aril transactions only as prorrcled by Imv. " beaieves, further, that it is in the <br /> best interest of the State and each of its l'ounties, to F)r* cultivate and convey the <br /> indigenous language ofHawai`i. <br /> Because pre-contact Ha~i~aiians did nct 1~~~,~e a wiittcn ~-re: presenvtg the integrity of the <br /> verbal language is crucial for the aecur~te acrountinc o~ ~iiiar, history, significant events and <br /> all genealogy. As the Hawaiian ]angua~e ~,volved to u ~ language after 1778, the diacritical <br /> marks, the kahako (macron) and the `o.;ti~~a (glottal src~; ~=me necessary for proper use and <br /> spelling of Hawaiian words, <br /> "I ka olelo ke ola. I ka dlelo ka make.' "it! the word ~r_iage) there is life. In the word <br /> (the language) there is death." <br /> E laulima pu kakou. Let's all work togethc=r <br /> :blahalo a nui loo for the opportunity to siiar~ our ma~~e' ; nu <br /> <br />