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Language and Literature: American Samoa

This pathfinder includes information about language and literature in American Samoa.

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Books on Samoa (http://www.ipacific.com/samoa/books.html)
Part of the Amerika Samoa web site, this page provides a short annotated bibliography of books on the Samoan language.

English in the South Pacific (http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/paclangunit/English_South_Pacific.htm)
Part of the Pacific Languages Unit's web site, this page provides an article by John Lynch and France Mugler about the use of English in Melanesia and Polynesia.

Ethnologue: Languages of the World: Languages of American Samoa (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=AS)
Part of the Pacific Languages Unit's web site, this page provides an article by John Lynch and France Mugler about the use of English in Melanesia and Polynesia.

Ethnologue report for American Samoa (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=american+samoa)
List of languages of American Samoa.

Samoan Sensation - Pratts Grammar - Notes, I, II (http://www.samoa.co.uk/grammar-stage1.html)
Displays the basics of how to speak Samoan..

Samoan language (http://www.ipacific.com/samoa/speak.html)
Part of the Amerika Samoa web site, this page provides basic information about the Samoan language as well as a vocabulary list.

Samoan language (http://www.ipacific.com/samoa/speak.html)
Contains a brief Samoan vocabulary list to include numerics and colors.

UCLA Language Materials Project: Language Profile (http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=96&menu=004)
Contains information on the historical, cultural, and social roots of the American Samoa language.

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