The Recording of the Hawaiian Language Version of Disney's Moana

Auli'i Cravalho reprises her role as Moana, this time in Hawaiian. 🌺 Watch the full video and read about the revoicing process ➡️ bit.ly/hnmoanahawaiian

[@izzyebdon2312]

This is so cool! (also, I just love how the guy playing Maui has a really long first name and his surname is just "Baker")

[@taya]

Izzy Ebdon lol!

[@IslenoGutierrez]

Izzy Ebdon He's hapa haole

[@venbato1637]

hahaha

[@juevenito]

ikr!!! That's the Bakers, very important family in Hawaiian theater

[@nathanhaws6558]

It's just so cool to me how Auli'i did this in Hawai'ian! She got so emotional, and it brings me joy to see this beautiful language and cultural brought into the world!

[@spicysalami9160]

Nadia i believe that moana was also recorded in tahitian and maori, im not sure about any other polynesian languages though.

[@jaspdx63]

To mix in a little history, it would be cool if "we know the way" was in a mix of Maori, Samoan & Tahitian the first time it plays in the movie, then in Hawaiian at the finale. The languages of Polynesia voyaging east, then north.

[@Chowder12345able]

0:43 this guy probably has the most Hawaiian name ever and it's awesome. Just wish I could pronounce it

[@IslenoGutierrez]

SC123 Only the first name

[@gbisaga]

I believe it's pronounced pretty much like it's spelled (capitals are accented syllables): "Kai PU lau ma KA ni o LO no"

[@bellevoor]

Mr. Baker

[@mfra959]

Ossas be like : ohhh

[@KennaLovesGouda]

*Kaipulaumakaniolono* *BAKER*

[@Nouthwash]

Punch the keyboard thrice, you'll write the name.

[@yahshuashemuelnichols6551]

@@Nouthwash Racist colonizer descendant.

[@Nouthwash]

@@yahshuashemuelnichols6551 Hey, an asian can't be racist

[@Nouthwash]

@@yahshuashemuelnichols6551 And it was a fucking joke. This is the fucking internet.

[@cadenrolland5250]

I'm sure he learned his last name in first grade but didn't learn his first name until high school. Actually it is probably several words in one name.

[@simplyfree585]

Everyone asking if that’s really his name.. YES! You guys aren’t used to it but in Hawaiian culture it’s 100% normal to have a name that long. Also in the older days especially the ali’i, they would have names even longer. And not just one long name but multiple long names. Most of the time we go by a shortened version of our long hawaiian name. As I’m guessing he probably goes by Kaipu

[@ZhangtheGreat]

Help me with the pronunciation please. Is it... ...BAY-kur? 😁

[@gbisaga]

One thing that makes this more understandable (as I'm sure you know, but others probably don't) is that these long names are really a sequence of words, not just one. Everybody's favorite Hawaiian musician, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, seems to have a very long last name; but it makes more sense when you know it's "ka maka wiwo ʻole" or "the fearless face." I'm not good enough yet with Hawaiian to translate this guy's name, but I suspect the ending is "makani o lono", or "wind of Lono" (or wind of remembrance).

[@simplyfree585]

@@gbisaga yes exactly these long names often give a phrase pointing to a deeper meaning than just one word. thank you for adding on!

[@KiwiGirlG6]

New Zealand did this movie in maori

[@Wynnnter]

KiwiGirlG6 I need to see that

[@karolyna]

Have small parts in Maori

[@sashaxo4021]

Did they really?

[@karolyna]

Yeah

[@jaspdx63]

There is a Tahitian version too.

[@extraemontamontes3618]

Its so funny cause they look exactly the same as the characters in the movie

[@b.m.r221]

Learning this language is an amazing experience

[@Koyko200]

His name tho.

[@Kruz3r]

ikr x)

[@michaelkennedy8573]

Mr baker will do

[@ajg8600]

Such a beautiful language

[@dubbingduniya442]

Amazing !!!!!!

[@Graywolf335]

What a beautiful language 🙂

[@hayleyscomet3447]

Now do lilo and stitch

[@hawaii5298]

Papyrus Senpai As much as I wish, it wouldnt make since tbh. Since Lilo & Stitch takes place in a diverse modern culture, not everyone could speak hawaiian, more like a hint of pidgin.

[@hayleyscomet3447]

Jerica DelaCueva this is true sadly.

[@Monkey559100]

@@hawaii5298 I know this is an old comment but Hawaiian sentence structures are much like pidgin so it could work

[@danieldefhurlaing9905]

I wish they did something like this for Irish too!

[@godstenrules]

Would love to see this movie in Hawaiian. Don't know w here I can watch it in Hawaiian since I live in California

[@user-ep8xo1od9o]

Disney + ?

[@davielawrence3773]

I won't understand a word but I will definitely watch this 😍

[@alanakamaka7054]

I wish this was available to the public.

[@AtarahDerek]

I nominate Auli'i for Eliza in a production of Hamilton.

[@Neon-zq5of]

Man I wish I was back in Hawaii at this time

[@christypfeiffer3262]

I have no idea what they're saying but it sounds so pretty!

[@makanaviloria8970]

I saw her perform at the homecoming of the hokulea

[@langworldtm8260]

Will the DVD version be available abroad?🙏🏽 I would love to get one here in Italy to practice my ʻōlelo through my favorite movie. Does anyone know?

[@TokageSan]

@Kealohilani Ho will it be available outside of Hawaiian schools eventually?

[@ihavenoname2569]

0:43 that name though

[@sakura_rain4915]

How do you pronounce the guy who plays Maui's first name

[@farrela794]

LOL, I can't :/

[@eekeey]

i think it's kai-poo-(loud, but with no "d" at the end)-mah-caw-knee-oh-low-no i'm not hawaiian, but was born and raised on oahu.

[@leeleeb7413]

internallogic You did a whole lot better than I would have done!

[@eekeey]

LeeLee B haha i guess the hawaiian studies i had to take in school was worth it. 😂

[@sakura_rain4915]

internallogic thanks!

[@Cynthia1995928]

Will this version be in DVD??

[@seanmcgonegon]

There should be a 'olelo hawai'i TV channel where there's hawaiian cartoons, movies, ect.

[@allorashae]

I hope they do Lilo and Stitch in Live Action. I believe it would be great. Both English and most definitely Hawaiian

[@hawaiianese8247]

The guy who was speaking Hawaiian was in a Hawaiian play called au aia I think thats him

[@arnieXD]

But we can't watch it anywhere :(

[@britneyakana8788]

Im hawaiian and so is my family so Im familiar to hawaiian launguge and the accent pigeon. No ome can understand what hawiiams say when the talk pigeon

[@sala509]

Rajah DAT braddah

[@WinxAliNelCielo]

They should also do Lilo and Stitch

[@kassandram.3149]

When does this version come out?

[@carmenschwering7346]

today!!

[@user-fs6zl9uz3f]

Where

[@WinxAliNelCielo]

They better do Lilo and stitch too

[@emilrogengellschwaner3555]

is "Kaipulaumakaniolono" actually his name?

[@rage4558]

Zebra Savant yes, you can find loads of these in every Polynesian countries, either as first names or last names, that's because they all have a very precise meaning. For example my uncle's name was Ta'ihiamatanoa which means (in Tahitian) "the eyes that just kept crying"

[@KingRobertIofScots]

He goes by “Kaipu” for short.

[@britneyakana8788]

Yes and the character that playing maui is not what the real maui the demigod looks like

[@rage4558]

Britney Akana indeed, I was intensely thinking about the many ā'ai describing Maui as a thin young man when I saw Disney's version. But the creators explained that they were actually going to give us an accurate version of him but thought a thin young boy didn't look 'heroic' enough for people who did not know our ancestral ā'ai.

[@pinkismond5696]

That is called Samoa hello that lives in my country

[@arii_p4n]

The mans name is SOOOOOOO long

[@huyenle2k]

so which one is the original language of Moana? Maori or Hawaiian?

[@simonlow0210]

Moana represents all Polynesian cultures, so there is not just "one original" language, but a lot of related languages in one big family. BTW, the meaning of "moana" means oceans and this word is shared across many Polynesian languages.

[@dalastkanakamaoli9058]

Polynesian languages were alot similar before white people came and wrote down our languages

[@panadocoughsyrup]

Moana would’ve spoken “Proto-Polynesian”, a theoretical language which doesn’t exist anymore. It’s most commonly spoken descendants are Maōri, Hawaiian and Samoan among others

[@kmrf27]

Mr Barker you are cute but that 1st name tho uuufffffffff........ it a mouth 👄 full

[@daffamedia]

Elsa is Alaska Moana is Hawaii

[@comercole1940]

No it is based of Norway.

[@Mudsville1]

Moana is not just Hawaii, Moana is Polynesia, and Elsa is from Noreay, but it would be interesting for FROZEN to have an official dub in the official Language of Alaska

[@daffamedia]

@@comercole1940 Actually is Danish because based on author Hans Christian Andersen.

[@BEAKER6868]

kaipulaumakaniolono? damn. even Georgian people don't have last names that long.

[@UwU-lm9or]

my hawaiian middle name is kealohananileanuenueomalama almost hawaiian families have at least that one long name but then that one short name also for short its kealoha

[@rbroelman]

0:43 Is there someone who can pronounce this for me? Hey Mr. Baker, could you tell me your first name? Yessir! Sorry, what's it again?

[@Monkey559100]

Kaipulaumakniolono Kai- Like the ki in kite (kuh-ee) Pulau - pull-ah-oo Makani- mah-kah-knee Olono - oh-lo-no Now put it together and day it fast

[@rbroelman]

@@Monkey559100 Okay, thank you!!

[@iitchyboto]

he prolly just says kaipu or another nickname because we tend to have long names.

[@Tyler-dt7kj]

Though Moana is Maori

[@dalastkanakamaoli9058]

No she ain't bro she's polynesian it doesnt specify what polynesian culture she is but theres different polynesian cultures In it not just Maori my g

[@dalastkanakamaoli9058]

And Hawaiians were before Māori

[@user-xs5qd1ij2b]

Mele kalikimaka

[@Monkey559100]

Not until another month buddy 😂

[@user-xs5qd1ij2b]

I wish I knew what I said back then

[@Monkey559100]

@@user-xs5qd1ij2b it means merry Christmas lol

[@jailanholley9937]

I thought the rock played maui

[@dbautistamedia]

This is the Hawaiian (language) version

[@hayleyscomet3447]

Is Ali’i mixed? I’m assuming yes. If she is also Puerto Rican, white race from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷?

[@tiffanygarciarosario6591]

Papyrus Senpai no

[@Krislyamvids]

There's no white race in Puerto Rico, we are all mixed.

[@ebecky4275]

Auli'i Cravalho is of Native Hawaiian, Puerto Rican, Portuguese, Chinese and Irish descent but she identifies as Hawaiian.

[@hayleyscomet3447]

krislyam Mercado ok sorry didn’t know. I watched a video that had a pole that said Puerto Rican’s identify as white. I phrase that wrong I apologize.

[@hayleyscomet3447]

EBecky that’s so cool!!

[@nightswondergirl]

How does one pronounce : Kaipulaumakaniolono. That has to be hard for teachers to call role

[@stileskuchiki7978]

kai-poo-lau-makani-olono, I'm just saying how I think it would be pronounced. 😂

[@ikaikaxkeahi]

Its easy lol, especially for Hawaiian teachers

[@UwU-lm9or]

@@ikaikaxkeahi dont think so since mines is kealohananileanuenueomalama ad they probably have like a name for short to call them that anyways like mines is kealoha

[@captainchaos3667]

Jesus, can you leave his name up a little longer? 😉

[@venbato1637]

hawaiian english sounds filipino english.

[@Mudsville1]

I can't wait for the Official Filipino Language Dub of Moana, I hope Nicole scherzinger would reprise her role again as Sina(Moana's Mother) for the upcoming Official Fililipino Language Dub of MOANA

[@dalastkanakamaoli9058]

Omg bro stfu no it doesnt

[@yeetfeet731]

@@Mudsville1 I want a Chamorro dub, but Filipino is the closest language to ours, so good enough for me

[@alexo8481]

Man these people got more European blood than anything

[@Hiililylani]

Alex O doesn’t make them less Hawaiian. Blood quantum is a colonizer creation used to kill of indigenous cultures, telling us because we’re not “enough” of our culture, we can’t be part of it or identify with them. And just so happens they implement it on cultures that have history of colonization and intermixing with Europeans. How convenient for them... Doesn’t matter if they’re part European. They’re still Hawaiian. We are still Hawaiian.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

Lily Kim-Dela Cruz Colonizers? Damn, you got the haole hate bad... don't you... Blood quantum is not about "colonizers" discriminating (Europeans don't colonize anymore, just stop the victim hood already) discriminating cultures, it's to see how much of that ancestry you have. It's obvious that you are of Haole ancestry and also by your Spanish surname that you are either Spanish or Filipino (I'm Spanish descent and my surname is Spanish) and there is no shame in that. But you must come to the realization that although you may be local Hawaiian (Hawaiian doesn't even mean Hawaiian anymore, how do you like that) it's not the same as being native Hawaiian and to say, a Native Hawaiian may even view most locals in Hawaiian as a "colonizer" because most locals are not Native Hawaiian and it is the local population that has replaced the Native Hawaiians as the population of Hawaii.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

Alex O Yes, they do. The guy has a British surname and the girl has a Portuguese surname. Both have European ancestry, possibly mixed with Hawaiian and some other Asian ancestries.

[@menehunebeachbumboogie8430]

Pretty damn sure its just the Hawaiian Language. Never heard of "Olelo" unless the native speakers now want some fancy name to go along with the language

[@XXRolando2008]

Olelo means language.

[@menehunebeachbumboogie8430]

XXRolando2008 no I know but the way he used it made it sound like he was taking about a specific language. He said something like "its cool to see olelo legitimized as a professional language" That's why I was like, "dude WTF are you talking about?" I get pidgin and slang, olelo o hawai'i, but damn just call it what it is, Hawaiian. Idk I'm just quirky like that lol

[@KimonoSuki]

Menehune Beachbumboogie he probably meant it was cool to see HIS language used in a professional setting

[@menehunebeachbumboogie8430]

Morning Star I know I'm just trolling being nitpicky...but like if it was translated it would make zero sense 😂 "its cool to see (language) legitimized as a professional language" I know what he meant though, I'm just trolling 🐸

[@carmenschwering7346]

great comment Roxanne, totally agree!

[@dorsamfilivaa5239]

Bull crap this polynesian

[@kirieuzumaki7535]

dormon filivaa you do realize they’re Polynesian right....?

[@izzyebdon2312]

This is so cool! (also, I just love how the guy playing Maui has a really long first name and his surname is just "Baker")