language of the Samoan Islands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samoan is a language spoken in Samoa and American Samoa. It is the most spoken Polynesian language in the world, with over 500,000 native speakers, many of which are Samoan immigrants living in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Samoan | |
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Gagana Samoa | |
Native to | Samoa, American Samoa, immigrant populations in New Zealand, Australia and the United States |
Region | Polynesia |
Ethnicity | Samoan people |
Native speakers | 510,000 (2015) |
Austronesian
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Latin (Samoan alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Samoa American Samoa |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | sm |
ISO 639-2 | smo |
ISO 639-3 | smo |
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