Wiki Languages: Samoan language (Gagana Samoa)
Updated: 08-07-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
| Language: Samoan (Samoan language) | Local name: Gagana Samoa |
| Language code: sm | Display language: Simple English (simple)|
| Speak area: Samoa | Classification: Austronesian, Oceanic |
| Country: Samoa | Second language: |
| Usage: national | Wiki language for Samoan language |
Dictionary for Samoan (Gagana Samoa) in Simple English
| English | Samoan |
| Gagana Samoa | Simple English |
| Samoan | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
Language family | Austronesian
|
Writing system | Latin (Samoan alphabet) |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Samoa American Samoa |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | |
| ISO 639-2 | |
| ISO 639-3 | smo |
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.