List of Important Publications in Samoan

There have been few publications in the Samoan language. This is a list of the important publications originally written in Samoan, and published in Samoan and other languages, including English. Most were published in Apia, independent Samoa, and from urban areas of Samoan diaspora, including Auckland and Suva. Publications include important indigenous language historical and cultural texts, part of the Polynesian language system, which is often subject to Linguistic imperialism, Language shift, and linguicide.

Publications in Samoan

18__. O Pese ma Viiga i Le Atua. (Samoan Hymnal.) 496 Pages. Malua Press. Apia, Samoa.

1884. O Le Tusi Paia. O Le Feagaiga Tuai ma Le Feagaiga Fou Lea. Ua Faasamoaina. (The Holy Bible in Samoan.) 1,182 Pages. Republished 1985 by The Bible Society in the South Pacific. Suva, Fiji.

1989. Ia Fa'agaganaina Oe E Le Atua Fetalai! Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Taisi Tupuola Tufuga Efi. 201 Pages. Malua Printing Press. Apia, Samoa.

2002. 'O Si Manu a Ali'i. A Text for the Advanced Study of Samoan Language and Culture. 'Aumua Mata'itusi Simanu. 681 Pages. Polokalame o le Gagana Sāmoa, Iunivesitē o Hawai'i Mānoa. University of Hawai'i Press/Pasifika Press. Honolulu, Hawai'i.

2007. O Le Su'ega Faalumaga i Tu ma Aga, Tala o le Vavau ma le Tala Faasolopito e Faamautūina ai le Filemu ma Pulega Lelei i Aiga, i Nuu, i Ekalesia. Teuteuina e le Komiti Faatonu o le Tuufaatasiga o le Tusi (Pacific Regional Interreligious Colloquium on Indigenous Cultural and Religious Concepts of Peace and Good Governance). 226 Pages. Samoa Distance and Flexible Learning Centre, University of the South Pacific, Samoa Campus. Apia, Samoa.

2008. Talanoaga na Ioma ma Ga'opo'a. Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Taisi Tupuola Tufuga Efi. 175 Pages. Continuing and Community Education, University of the South Pacific, Alafua Campus. Apia, Samoa.

Publications in Samoan and English

1953. Alaga'upu Fa'a Samoa: Samoan Proverbial Expressions. Collected, translated and explained by Dr. E. Schultz. Translated from German by Brother Herman. 140 Pages. Pasifika Press. Auckland, New Zealand.

1966. Samoan Dictionary. Samoan-English. English-Samoan. G.B. Milner. 465 Pages. Pasifika Press. Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

1976. Tala o le Vavau. Myths, Legends and Customs of Old Samoa. Adapted from the collections of C. Steubel, A. Kramer, & Brother Herman. Illustrated by Iosua Toafa. 195 Pages. Pasifika Press. Auckland, New Zealand.

1981. Fāgogo: Fables from Samoa in Samoan and English. Richard M. Moyle, Editor. 314 Pages. University of Auckland Press. Auckland, New Zealand.

1994. The Samoa Islands. Translated by Dr. Theodore Verhaaren, from the German of Dr. Augustin Kraemer. Vol.1: 707 Pages. Vol.2: 530 Pages. Pasifika Press. Auckland, New Zealand.

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