Numbers in Samoan

How to count in Samoan (Gagana fa‘a Sāmoa), a Polynesian language spoken mainly in Western Samoa and American Samoa.

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Notes

• In some sources there are spaces rather than hyphens between the numbers
• Ordinal numbers can also be formed with the prefix le rather than lona
• Various prefixes and suffixes are used when counting specific things, such as fish, taro, yams, pigs, etc in the chiefly register

Hear some Samoan numbers:

Links

Information about counting in Samoan
http://mylanguages.org/samoan_numbers.php
http://learn101.org/samoan_numbers.php
http://samoan.manuatele.net/numbers.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan_language

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Numbers in Polynesian languages

Proto-Polynesian, Anutan, Emae, Futunan, Hawaiian, Kapingamarangi, Mangareva, Māori, Marquesan (North), Marquesan (South), Moriori, Niuafoʻou, Niuean, Nukuria, Nukuoro, Pukapukan, Rapa, Rapa Nui, Rarotongan, Rennellese, Samoan, Sikaiana, Tahitian, Tokelauan, Takuu, Tongan, Tuamotuan, Tuvaluan, Wallisian

Numbers in other languages

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