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Samoan (Gagana faʻa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa, pronounced [ŋaˈŋana ˈsaːmʊa]) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands.Administratively, the islands are split between the sovereign country of Samoa and the United States territory of American Samoa.
Samoan pronunciation: Template documentation [ view ] [ edit ] [ history ] [ purge ] Template:IPA-sm is deprecated , and is preserved only for historical reasons.
This chart provides audio examples for phonetic vowel symbols. The symbols shown include those in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and added material. The chart is based on the official IPA vowel chart.
The contemporary classification of the Polynesian languages began with certain observations by Andrew Pawley in 1966 based on shared innovations in phonology, vocabulary and grammar showing that the East Polynesian languages were more closely related to Samoan than they were to Tongan, calling Tongan and its nearby relative Niuean "Tongic" and ...
Faʻa Sāmoa consists of the Samoan language, customs of relationships, and culture, that constitute the traditional and continuing Polynesian lifestyle on Samoa and in the Samoan diaspora. It embraces an all-encompassing system of behavior and of responsibilities that spells out all Samoans' relationships to one another and to persons holding ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Map of Samoa. This article shows a list of cities, towns and villages in Samoa. List. Main ...
I also changed the pronunciation guide into IPA, so the IPA cleanup tag is removed. I have, however, relied heavily on Omniglot.com while doing the edit, and while I personally find its information very valuable, I don't know for sure if it counts as a reliable source. In any case, the page itself isn't satisfyingly clear on the vowel issue. I ...
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