Sos fonemas de su samoanu sunt 16, 5 vocales e 10 cunsonantes. Si iscriet cun unu alfabetu latinu de 16 lìteras, una pro rapresentare cada fonema: a, f, g, i, l, m, n, o, p, s, t, u, v y ‘ . In prus, bi sunt sas lìteras h, k y r pro iscrìere imprèstidos dae àteros idiomas.
Su samoanu est in Google Translate.
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Ma bidimus, a titulu de curiosidade, unu testu bortadu dae s’inglesu a su samoanu:
– Samoa,[note 1] officially the Independent State of Samoa[note 2] and known until 1997 as Western Samoa (Samoan: Sāmoa i Sisifo), is an island country in Polynesia, consisting of two main islands (Savai’i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nuʻutele, Nuʻulua, Fanuatapu and Namua). Samoa is located 64 km (40 mi; 35 nmi) west of American Samoa, 889 km (552 mi; 480 nmi) northeast of Tonga, 1,152 km (716 mi; 622 nmi) northeast of Fiji, 483 km (300 mi; 261 nmi) east of Wallis and Futuna, 1,151 km (715 mi; 621 nmi) southeast of Tuvalu, 519 km (322 mi; 280 nmi) south of Tokelau, 4,190 km (2,600 mi; 2,260 nmi) southwest of Hawaii, and 610 km (380 mi; 330 nmi) northwest of Niue. The capital and largest city is Apia. The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a Samoan language and Samoan cultural identity.
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– Samoa, [faamatalaga 1] aloaia le Malo Tutoatasi o Samoa[faamatalaga 2] ma lauiloa seia oo i le 1997 o Samoa i Sisifo (Samoan: Sāmoa i Sisifo), o se motu motu i Polenisia, e aofia ai motu tetele e lua (Savai’i ma Upolu); e lua motu laiti e nonofo ai (Manono ma Apolima); ma nisi o motu laiti e le’o nofoia, e aofia ai le Atu Aleipata (Nu’utele, Nu’ulua, Fanuatapu ma Namua). Samoa e 64 km (40 mi; 35 nmi) i sisifo o Amerika Samoa, 889 km (552 mi; 480 nmi) i matu sasa’e o Toga, 1,152 km (716 mi; 622 nmi) i matu sasa’e o Fiti, 483 km (300 mi; 261 nmi) i sasa’e o Wallis, 115 km i sasae o Wallis, 152 mi; nmi) i sautesasae o Tuvalu, 519 km (322 mi; 280 nmi) i saute o Tokelau, 4,190 km (2,600 mi; 2,260 nmi) i saute sisifo o Hawaii, ma 610 km (380 mi; 330 nmi) i matu i sisifo o Niue. O le laumua ma le taulaga tele o Apia. Na maua ma nofoia e tagata Lapita le Atu Samoa i le tusa ma le 3,500 tausaga talu ai. Na latou atiina ae se gagana Samoa ma le faasinomaga faaleaganuu.