Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 5, 1 Mei 2017 — New Hawaiian language journal now online [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

New Hawaiian language journal now online

ByTreenaShapiro Hawaiian scholars ean find eontemporary research in both Hawaiian and English in Paīapala: a journa1 for Hawaiian 1anguage anel 1iterature. Published by the University of Hawai'i Press, Palapala is the first peer-reviewed Hawaiian language journal to be published exclusively online. In addition to research, the first issue also features I reprints from the Hawaiian alphabet, first published in 1822, and an 1857 account about translating the Bible into Hawaiian by an unknown writer.

"This journal truly aligns with our mission to be a Native Hawaiian plaee of learning and an indigenous-serving institution," said Pamela Wilson, UH Press journals manager. "In spite of a vast and complex body of literature written in Hawaiian and a growing number of speakers, there has not been, until now, an academic journal dedicated to either the study of the language or the literature produced in it," said Palapala editor Jeffrey "Kapali" Lyon of the UH Mānoa Department of Religion. "Palapala is intended to fill that gap as a peer-reviewed joumal that allows schol-

ars of Hawaiian from around the globe to present the results of their research through a centralized, scholarly archive dedicated to cherishing, preserving and advancing our knowledge of the native language of Hawai'i nei," Lyon said. The journal's editorial board includes UH faculty members Joseph "Keola" Donaghy, ku'ualoha ho'omanawanui, and Hiapokeikikāne K. Perreira, as well as 'Ōiwi Parker Jones of the University of Oxford. The open-access resource is available at www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/tpalapala.aspx. ■

Courtesy of University of Hawai'i Press