Freelang Samoan-English dictionary

The Samoan Language – Present and Future

As the native language of a small Pacific Island, Samoan faces the same challenges many other indigenous languages are up against in the modern, globalized world. But Samoan also has a handful of advantages other indigenous languages lack. Ethnic Samoans are widely spread around the world, especially in New Zealand and Australia, and in these places they manage to maintain strong community groups – especially through church networks. This gives the opportunity for Samoan to [...]

The language of the Samoans

There is a need for more Samoan language teachers in New Zealand, especially at the primary level. This became apparent during the Samoan language teachers conference, that was held in Palmerston North, New Zealand. The pre-school teachers called for the support of the language at Primary school level, given the fact that the language is already taught at pre-school, so as to ground children into the language. The language is not given much concentration in Primary schools. It [...]