概述萨摩亚语(萨摩亚语:gagana fa'asamoa)(英语:Samoan language)是萨摩亚与美属萨摩亚的官方语言之一,也是两地的传统语言。
萨摩亚语属于南岛语系波利尼西亚语族。属于分析型语言(analytic languages),即单词在语句中本身不做变化,语法是通过词的顺序来体现的。
萨摩亚语的使用者约有370,337人,其中将近一半在萨摩亚。
有以拉丁字母为基础的新创文字。
萨摩亚语的日常生活用语Yes→‘ioe
No→Leai
Please→Fa‘amolemole
Thank you→Fa‘afetai
That's all right→‘Ua lelei
big - small→tele - la‘itiiti
quick - slow→vave/tope - gese
early - late→vave - tuai
cheap - expensive→taugōfie - taugatā
near - far→latalata - mamao
hot - cold→vevela - malulū
full - empty→tumu - gaogao
easy - difficult→faigōfie - faigatā
heavy - light→mamafa - māma
open - shut→tatala - tapuni
right - wrong→sa‘o - sesē
old - new→tuai - fou
old - young→matua - talavou
beautiful - ugly→'aulelei / 'auleaga
good - bad→lelei - leaga
better - worse→feoloolo - leaga tele