ISO 639-3 · smosmo
Austronesian family
Samoan
Gagana fa'a Sāmoa
Samoan is a language of the Ellicean branch (Austronesian), spoken in United States, Samoa, American Samoa and New Zealand and 1 more country. Wikidata counts about 415,720 speakers (2015). Wikidata describes it as “language of the Samoan Islands”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
smo- ISO 639-1
sm- Glottocode
samo1305- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- -13.73, -172.22
- Wikipedia
- 94 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
5countries
1scripts
11levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Samoan · Gagana fa'a Sāmoa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Samoan language, sm |
| All speakers | 415,720 (2015) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | United States, Samoa |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Samoan
The branches above Samoan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in United States
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