Samoan language

Language name: Samoan
ISO Language Code: smo
Language Scope: ISO Language
Language State: Verified
GRN Language Number: 341
IETF Language Tag: sm
 

Sample of Samoan

Samoan - How to Become God's Child.mp3

Audio recordings available in Samoan

These recordings are designed for evangelism and basic Bible teaching to bring the gospel message to people who are not literate or are from oral cultures, particularly unreached people groups.

Words of Life

Short audio Bible stories and evangelistic messages that explain salvation and give basic Christian teaching. Each program is a customised and culturally relevant selection of scripts, and may include songs and music.

Download all Samoan

Audio/Video from other sources

Jesus Film Project films - Samoan - (Jesus Film Project)
The New Testament - Samoan - (Faith Comes By Hearing)

Other names for Samoan

Gagana Samoa
Gagana Sāmoa (Vernacular Name)
Bahasa Samoa
Samoaans
Samoanisch
Samoano
Самоанский
萨摩亚语
薩摩亞語

Where Samoan is spoken

American Samoa
Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
Samoa
United States of America

People Groups who speak Samoan

Samoan

Information about Samoan

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

Population: 364,257

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