Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp

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Indigenous Researcher and Writer

Month: November 2010

Article Repost: "Wilhelm von Humboldt’s Study of the Kawi Language: The Proof of the Existence of the Malayan-Polynesian Language Culture"

Article repost on Humboldt’s Study of the Kawi language. Ed. Note. The author believes that there exist a connection between Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) languages which was rejected by Humboldt and by most trained linguists, archaeologists, and anthropologists today. I am repost the article because of the context of Humboldt’s original findings. Wilhelm von Humboldt’s Study of — read more

Nov 11, 2010
The Role of Language in the Thought Process

For most people, the use of words and language itself is unquestioned. We do not realize how language and words itself can shape perceptions and the thought process and in turn shapes our culture. This is one of the factors that people do not consider in depth when discussing Austronesian linguistics. In general, people will — read more

Nov 7, 2010
Iā ʻOe e ka Lā: Around the World with King Kalākaua Part 1

Iā ʻOe e ka Lā: Around the World with King Kalākaua [This is Part One of an essay I wrote and which was originally published in the O’iwi Native Hawaiian Literary Journal V. 2. I’m posting this part since this deals with a forgotten part of the history of the Pan-Malayan Movement and therefore is — read more

Nov 3, 2010