Gagana faʻa Sāmoa

ʻO le gagana Sāmoa ʻo le gagana moni a Sāmoa (Sāmoa i Sisifo), ʻatoa foʻi ma Amerika Sāmoa (Sāmoa i Sasaʻe).

ʻO le gagana Sāmoa e i totonu o le liʻo o ʻĀiga o gagana o Austronesia. ʻO lenā ʻāiga e aofia ai le gagana faʻatoga, faʻatokelau, faʻatuvalu, ma malagasy.

ʻO le gagana Sāmoa e faʻaaogaina e le tele o isi atunuʻu i le Pasefika. E pei ʻo aso anamua, i motu e pei o Tuvalu, Toʻelau, ma Nauru sa leai ni a latou Tusi Paʻia i a latou lava gagana. ʻO le Tusi Paʻia Sāmoa sa faʻaaogāina e nā motu lāiti mo le faiga o a latou tapuaʻiga ma a latou misasā.

ʻO le gagana Sāmoa, ʻo le lona tolu lea o gagana faʻaaogāina tele i Niu Sila. E tele nisi tagata i Niu Sila latou te iloa nai ʻupu faʻasamoa e pei o ʻupu nei: mālō, pīsupo, povi māsima, sapasui, sole, suga, talofa, uso.

Niu Sila: I totonu o Niu Sila, e tusa ma le 47% o tagata Samoa e fananau i Niu Sila e mafai ona talanoa pē faʻaaogā foʻi le gagana Samoa. ʻO lona uiga, ʻua sili atu tagata fananau i Niu Sila ʻua leiloa faʻaaoga pē lē mafai foʻi ona talanoa i le gagana Samoa.

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1. ↑ [1] New Zealand Electronic Text Centre, A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan vocabulary by Rev George Pratt, 1893, London Missionary Society. Retrieved 29 January, 2009.