Sāmoan Alphabet 1573062146

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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) 900 Fort Street Mall, Suite 1300 • Honolulu, Hawaiÿi 96813 Toll free: (1-800) 377-4773 • Phone: (808) 441-1300 • Fax: (808) 441-1385 Email: [email protected] • Website: www.prel.org

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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 nonprofit 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 aute afi ÿato ÿavapui ÿele’ele ÿelefane ësi i’a ie so’oso’o isu ÿofu oneone ono uati ÿula

clouds hibiscus fire basket red ginger soil elephant papaya fish quilt nose dress sand six watch lei

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ÿulu ukulele fale fe’e fetu fu’a fugalaau galu gata gutu la laumei lalolagi logo lulu maile mauga mu mago

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breadfruit ukulele hut octopus stars flag flower wave snake mouth sun turtle world bell owl dog volcano mango

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mama namu niu nila nuanua pa’a paopao päsi pato pülou sami se seÿevae solofanua taula taulima talo toa

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ring mosquito coconut tree needle rainbow crab canoe bus duck hat sea crickets slippers horse anchor Sämoan tattoo taro rooster

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tuna va’a vaematua vine vulu Herota kirikiri rosa

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eel sailboat big toe grapes yarn King Herald cricket game rose

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