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Sämoan
Alphabet
a, e, i, o, u, f, g, l, m, n, p, s,
t, v, h, k, r
Lori Phillips, EdD
Published by Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL)
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Cover design by Carol Colbath
Copyright © 2004 by PREL
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Samoan alphabet / Lori Phillips.
p. cm.
Includes illustrations.
ISBN 1-57306-214-6
1. Samoan language - Alphabet -
Juvenile literature. I. Pacific Resources
for Education and Learning. II. Title.
PL6501.P32 2004 499.4-dc21
This product was funded by the U.S. Department of Education (U.S.
ED) under the Regional Educational Laboratory program, award
number ED01CO0014. The content does not necessarily reflect the
views of the U.S. ED or any other agency of the U.S. government.

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This book is part of the Island Alphabet Books series, which features languages
and children’s artwork from the U.S.-affiliated Pacific. Each book contains the
complete alphabet for the language, four or five examples for each letter, and a
word list with English translations. The series is published by PREL, a non-
profit corporation that works collaboratively with school systems to enhance
education across the Pacific.
Special thanks to the following people and organizations
for their patience and enthusiastic support of this project:
Palama Settlement ICT Learning Center
National Endowment for the Arts
Tom Barlow, Karen Ehrhorn, Kay Fukuda, Nancy Lane, Lee Noto,
Mary Dodd Pearson, and Ludwig David van Broekhuizen
of Pacific Resources for Educational and Learning (PREL)
Celina Shetana and John Sullivan of Digital Majic
This alphabet book has been reviewed by:
Tutuila P. Manase, Samoan Studies Specialist
American Samoa Department of Education

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ao
ÿavapui
afi
aute

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Aa
ÿato

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ÿeleÿele
ÿelefane

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Ee
ësi

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isu
ie soÿosoÿo

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Ii
iÿa

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ÿofu
ono

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Oo
oneone

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uati
ÿula
ÿulu

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Uu
ukulele

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fuÿa
fetu
fale
feÿe

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Ff
fugalaau

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gata
gutu

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Gg
galu

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lulu
la
logo
laumei

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Ll
lalolagi

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mama
mauga mu
mago

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Mm
maile

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nuanua
nila
niu

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Nn
namu

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pato
paÿa
pülou
päsi

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Pp
paopao

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sami
seÿevae
se

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Ss
solofanua

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taula
toa
tuna
taulima

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Tt
talo

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vaematua
vine
vulu

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Vv
vaÿa

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Borrowed Letters
O mataÿitusi papalagi ia o
le Pi Samoa.
These are three
additional consonants in
the Sämoan alphabet.

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Hh
Herota
Kk
kirikiti
Rr
rosa

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English Translations
ao
clouds
aute
hibiscus
afi
fire
ÿato
basket
ÿavapui
red ginger
ÿele’ele
soil
ÿelefane
elephant
ësi
papaya
i’a
fish
ie so’oso’o
quilt
isu
nose
ÿofu
dress
oneone
sand
ono
six
uati
watch
ÿula
lei

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ÿulu
breadfruit
ukulele
ukulele
fale
hut
fe’e
octopus
fetu
stars
fu’a
flag
fugalaau
flower
galu
wave
gata
snake
gutu
mouth
la
sun
laumei
turtle
lalolagi
world
logo
bell
lulu
owl
maile
dog
mauga mu
volcano
mago
mango

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mama
ring
namu
mosquito
niu
coconut tree
nila
needle
nuanua
rainbow
pa’a
crab
paopao
canoe
päsi
bus
pato
duck
pülou
hat
sami
sea
se
crickets
seÿevae
slippers
solofanua
horse
taula
anchor
taulima
Sämoan tattoo
talo
taro
toa
rooster

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tuna
eel
va’a
sailboat
vaematua
big toe
vine
grapes
vulu
yarn
Herota
King Herald
kirikiri
cricket game
rosa
rose

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Also available in:
English
Pohnpeian
Palauan
Marshallese
Chuukese
Hawaiian
Kosraean
Chamorro
Carolinian


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