Samoan language

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alphabet gptkb:Samoan_alphabet
gptkbp:Bible_translation_year 1841
gptkbp:endonym gptkb:Gagana_Samoa
gptkbp:first_written 1830s
gptkbp:glottologCode samo1305
gptkbp:has_literature gptkb:Samoan_Bible
Samoan oral tradition
gptkbp:has_phoneme_inventory 5 vowels
14 consonants
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:American_Samoan_dialect
gptkb:Savai'i_dialect
gptkb:Upolu_dialect
gptkbp:hasLoanwordsFrom gptkb:Tongan_language
English
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:Polynesian_languages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Samoan language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code sm
gptkbp:ISO639-3 smo
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Austronesian_languages
gptkbp:native_speakers about 260,000
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers about 510,000
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:American_Samoa
gptkb:Samoa
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Ministry_of_Education,_Sports_and_Culture_(Samoa)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Tahitian_language
gptkb:Hawaiian_language
gptkb:Maori_language
gptkb:Tongan_language
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:American_Samoa
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Samoa
gptkb:Tonga
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:status government position
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Malayo-Polynesian_languages
gptkbp:teaching_in_schools gptkb:American_Samoa
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Samoa
gptkbp:usedAsLinguaFranca gptkb:American_Samoa
gptkb:Samoa
gptkbp:word_order VOS (verb–object–subject)
VSO (verb–subject–object)
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Austronesian_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5