Samoan language
| Samoa | ||
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Spoken in |
Samoa , American Samoa , New Zealand , Australia , USA | |
| speaker | 370,000 | |
| Linguistic classification |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in |
 Samoa American Samoa
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
sm |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
smo |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
The Samoan language belongs to the Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family and, together with, for example, Tuvaluan , Tokelau and the languages of numerous Polynesian exclaves, forms the subgroup Samoan languages . It is the official language in Samoa and American Samoa .
Phonetic system and pronunciation
The Samoan sound system contains 15 phonemes: the vowels / a, e, i, o, u / and the consonants / f, g, l, m, n, p, s, t, v, ʻ /. To indicate that a vowel should be pronounced long, a macron is placed over the vowel: ā, ē, ī, ō, ū. <H, k, r> are also used in foreign words. The sounds generally correspond to their German counterparts. Exceptions: g as expressed in ng sing [ ŋ ] . < '> Is the Glottisverschlusslaut [ ʔ ] and is expected as a separate consonant (called coma Liliu , "inverted commas"). Usually the penultimate syllable is stressed.
Language examples
| Samoan | German |
|---|---|
| Tālofa | Good day |
| Tofa | Goodbye |
| fa'afetai | thank you |
| fa'amolemole | Sorry |
| ʻIoe | Yes |
| leai | No |
| fanua | earth |
| lagi | sky |
| vai | water |
| siamani | Germany |
| afi | Fire |
| tane | man |
| fafine | woman |
| ʻAi | eat |
| inu | drink |
| po | night |
| fale | House |
| ʻO ai lou igoa? | What is your name? |
| ʻO loʻu igoa ʻo ... | My name is ... |
| ʻO ā mai ʻoe? | How are you? |
| E fia tau | What does it cost? |
| leaga | bad |
| Manuia lava, fa'afetai. | Good thank you. |
| manuia | Bottom up! |
| vai tale | Cough Syrup |
| O | zero |
| tasi | one |
| lua | two |
| tolu | three |
| fa | four |
| lima | five |
| ono | six |
| fitu | seven |
| valu | eight |
| iva | nine |
| sefulu | ten |
| sefulu (ma le) tasi | eleven |
| sefulu (ma le) lua | twelve |
| lua sefulu | twenty |
| selau | hundred |
| afe | thousand |
