31 Mar 2015

Hawaiian Hobbit - Dr Keao NeSmith

From Afternoons, 2:20 pm on 31 March 2015

HawaiiThe book the Hobbit is a world-wide classic - and has been translated into about 60 different languages from Arabic to Ukrainian, Cornish to Hebrew. And now we can add Hawaiian to the list.

Dr Keao NeSmith has translated the Tolkien classic into Hawaiian as part of his mission to preserve the indigenous language.

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