There's concern being expressed about the survival of the Samoan language, as more young people choose to speak English. In his recent Independence Day address, Samoa's Head of State Tui Atua Tupua ...
Samoan Language Week starts in New Zealand today - kicking off a big week of Independence Day celebrations in the motherland. File Photo / Dean Purcell There is a high chance you may have heard of or ...
Thali Ansell and daughter Aisha try traditional Samoan elei printing, part of Malamalama Aoga Gagana Samoa’s language classes. Photo: DAVID UNWIN / Stuff The promotion of the Samoan language and ...
Talofa lava. This Monday (27 May) we begin the first of 2019’s Pacific Language Weeks – Samoa Language Week. Vanessa Masoe, Porirua City Council’s Senior Advisor Partnerships – Pacific, says we’re ...
The Human Rights Commission has encouraged New Zealanders to celebrate Samoan Language Week 2016 – the first of seven Pacific language weeks to be observed this year year. “As well as a language that ...
L-R: New Zealand-born Samoan Upolu Pouono pictured with friends Moana Solomona and Sa Tapaleao at the Independence Day parade in Samoa in 2017. Photo / Supplied As the phone stops ringing, the voice ...
Enjoying the Samoan Language Week market at the Caroline Bay Hall on Saturday are, from left, Lailabelle Jackson, 7, Sina Justin, 5, and Evinny Jackson, 5.JOHN BISSET / The Timaru Herald A week ...
THIS is perhaps as complete a guide to the study of the Samoan language as could be expected under the circumstances. It consists, properly, of four parts: a grammar, which, for obvious reasons, is ...
Ua fautuaina e le foma'i le Afioga Prof Asiata Dr Satupaitea Viali, le tatau ona fa'amalosia le faia o tui puipui o le misela i Samoa. Na ia saunoa e ono tatau ona silasila le malo i le fa'amalosia o ...