Samoan (Speech variety #341)
| Speech Variety Code: | #341 |
| Speech Variety Name: | Samoan |
| Status: | Verified |
| Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code: | Does not qualify |
| ISO 639-3 Language Code: | smo |
| ISO 639-3 Language Name: | Samoan |
| ISO Macrolanguage Name: | |
| Ethnologue 16th Edition Code: | smo |
| Ethnologue 16th Edition Name: | Samoan |
| GRN Name: | Samoan |
| Number of speakers: | |
| Other Information: | Understand English (Am.Samoa); Bible; Roman Catholic & nominal Christian, fishers. Samoan students apparently suggested there are two dialects: 'Upolu' spoken on main island, and 'Utuila' spoken in American Samoa (which is presumably that used in the 1952 recordings). NB-Jul2010 |
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Where Samoan is spoken
American Samoa
Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
Samoa
United States of America
Related speech varieties
There are no other speech varieties with this ISO 639-3 language code.
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