Language code: sm
Technical information about ISO 639 language code sm
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The table below provides technical details for the Samoan language, designated by the sm code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Samoan Native Gagana fa'a Sāmoa |
| Family | Oceanic |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Savai‘iUpoluTutuila-Manu‘a |
| Related languages | TokelauanTuvaluanWallisianFutunan |
| Key facts | Largest Polynesian language by number of native speakersPronoun system marks singular, dual and plural as well as inclusive vs. exclusive ‘we’Has distinct formal and colloquial speech registers with separate vocabularyUses the ʻokina for the glottal stop and macrons to show long vowelsOral traditions feature complex ceremonial oratory with specialized poetic language |
| Sample phrase | Talofa, o ā mai ʻoe? |
| Character encodings | |
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Samoan belongs to the Austronesian language family, specifically to the Oceanic subgroup. It is an official language in both Samoa and American Samoa and is written using the Latin script (Samoan alphabet). It is estimated that there are around 500,000 speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Samoan speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- What is Localizely?
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- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
- Figma integration
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- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ