ʻŌlelo Kāmoa

ʻO ka ʻōlelo Sāmoa (heīnān uataūa: Gagana faʻa Sāmoa, ʻŌlelo Pelekania: Samoan language), ua mea ʻōlelo haʻamoa ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, ka leo o nā poʻe Sāmoa.

ʻŌlelo ʻia kēia leo ma Sāmoa a me Sāmoa ʻAmelika, ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo kūhelu ma nā wahi ʻelua. ʻO ia he leo o ka ʻohana ʻōlelo ʻʻAustronesian’’ me nā ʻōlelo Polonesia ʻē aʻe, ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi nō hoʻi. Ma kahi o 370,000 mea a ʻoi i hiki ke ʻōlelo Sāmoa ma laila, nā motu a puni a ma ʻAmelika hui pū ʻia hoʻi. Ua pili kēia leo me ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a i kēia manawa, ma ke Kulanui ʻo Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa ʻoe e hiki ai ke aʻo mai i ka leo a ʻimi a loaʻa he palapala no ia leo.

ʻO ia ka wahi wale no ma waho o Sāmoa ʻoe e hiki ai ke aʻo mai i ka ʻōlelo.

He ʻōmuku kēia mea. Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, e kōkua mai i ka holomua ʻana i kēia mea.