BFSU LANGUAGE ENTRY
083 / 101Samoan
Gagana SāmoaAt BFSU, Samoan is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.
Samoa, American Samoa, Tokelau
- NATIVE NAME
- Gagana Sāmoa
- WRITING SYSTEM
- Latin script
- AT BFSU
- One of 101 languages
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
See where Samoan connects communities.
LANGUAGE REACH
Samoan is spoken across 2 countries and territories.
No. 93 of 101 languages · No. 65 by territory count
Other areas
02SamoaAmerican Samoa
From daily conversation in Samoa, American Samoa, and Tokelau to education, literature and media, Samoan carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.
Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.
AT BFSU
A language opens a wider view of the world.
BFSU places Samoan within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.
The language is commonly written in Latin script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.
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