Samoan alphabet
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The Samoan alphabet is the writing system used to represent the Samoan language, based on the Latin script and adapted to its specific phonetic sounds.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| basedOn | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| caseDistinction | uppercase and lowercase ⓘ |
| direction | left-to-right ⓘ |
| glottalStopSymbolName |
koma faaliliu
ⓘ
koma liliu ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | glottal stop ⓘ |
| hasConsonantLetters | 14 ⓘ |
| hasLetter |
A
ⓘ
E ⓘ F ⓘ G ⓘ H ⓘ I ⓘ K ⓘ L ⓘ M ⓘ N ⓘ O ⓘ P ⓘ R ⓘ S ⓘ T ⓘ U ⓘ V ⓘ ʻ ⓘ |
| hasVowelLetters | 5 ⓘ |
| includesDiacritic | macron ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Christian missionaries ⓘ |
| ISO639LanguageCode | sm ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| macronUsedFor | long vowels ⓘ |
| orthographyStandardizedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| region |
American Samoa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representsPhonemesOf | Samoan language ⓘ |
| scriptType | Latin script ⓘ |
| usedBy | Samoan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Samoan education
ⓘ
Samoan literature ⓘ Samoan religious texts ⓘ |
| vowelLetters |
A
ⓘ
E ⓘ I ⓘ O ⓘ U ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor | Samoan language ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphabetic ⓘ |
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