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This Samoan language page is presented as an additional supplement for Linguistic Anthropology General Resources.

Ethnologue report for American Samoa __ Web page dedicated to the languages spoken in American Samoa. - From SIL International - http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=american+samoa 

A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and ... __ "A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan vocabulary" - From Reverend George Pratt - http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-PraDict.html 

PlanetPapers - Samoan Language __ A good overview. "The Samoan language cannot be considered as strong language, and few letters of the alphabet are put to use. “D and B are never used; H, R, and K are of rare occurrence, which are found in words that have been introduced. All words have a vowel termination, and their etymological forms are constructed by the employment of particles attached to the roots, thereby forming agglutinative or polysynthetic words." - From planetpapers.com - http://www.planetpapers.com/Assets/2603.php 

 
Samoan language __ You will find a brief encyclopedic article with links to related materials. - From wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan_language 
Samoan Language __ An overview with map. - From samoa.co.uk - http://www.samoa.co.uk/samoan_language.html 

Samoan Language __ "This page tries to convey a little of the everyday language. Palagis (caucasions) who try to learn are a great source of entertainment to native speakers. Learn to laugh along with them and be grateful their English is better than your Samoan!" - From ipacific.com - http://www.ipacific.com/samoa/speak.html 

Samoan language, alphabet and pronunciation __ "Samoan is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Western Samoa and American Samoa by about 420,000 people." You will find an overview and links to additional resources. - From omniglot.com - http://www.omniglot.com/writing/samoan.htm 

Samoan language resources __ Listing of online resources for Samoan Language and culture. - from mongabay.com - http://www.mongabay.com/indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Samoan.html

Stabilizing Indigenous Languages: American Samoa Language Arts __ "As early as 1965, the Samoan Director of Education mandated Samoan be taught to levels 1-4 in public schools. The concern at that time was the apparent deterioration of some of the basic Samoan courtesies expected from students. It should have started in Early Childhood Education, but the thought was nevertheless important in later thought about the place of Samoan in the Department of Education's Language planning. At about this time, television was a medium of instruction in public schools, and it was a convenient method for the non-Samoans in particular. The course included reading and writing." An overview of the stabilization of Samoan Language and how well it has worked. - From Bernadette Manase, Elisapeta Luaao, and Mataio Fiamalua - http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/stabilize/additional/samoa.htm 
 

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