Back سامويون Arabic ساموا (مجموعه عرقيه فى اوستراليا) ARZ Samoalılar Azerbaijani Самаанцы Byelorussian Samoalaiset Finnish Samoans French Samóigh Irish Samoanci Croatian Szamoaiak Hungarian Orang Samoa ID
.jpg) Samoan canoe performers | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 700,000-800,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Oceania | |
 United States | 243,682[1] |
 Samoa | c. 205,557 |
 New Zealand | 182,721[2] |
 Australia | 98,029[3] |
 American Samoa | 47,910 |
 Canada | 1,100[4] |
 Tokelau | 100[5] |
| Languages | |
| Samoan, English, German (Historically) | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, traditional faith | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Polynesians, Samoan Australians, Samoan New Zealanders | |
Samoans or Samoan people (Samoan: tagata Sāmoa) are the indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the Samoan language. The group's home islands are politically and geographically divided between the Independent State of Samoa and American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States of America. Though divided by national border, the culture and language are the same.
The Samoan people and culture form a vital link and stepping stone in the formation and spread of Polynesian culture, language and religion throughout Eastern Polynesia.[6]
Polynesian trade, religion, war, and colonialism are important markers within Polynesian culture that are almost certainly rooted in the Samoan culture. Samoa's ancient history with the kingdom of Tonga, chiefdoms of Fiji and French Polynesia form the basis of modern Polynesian culture.[7][6]
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- ^ "2018 Census ethnic group summaries | Stats NZ". www.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex – Australia" (Microsoft Excel download). 2006 Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved June 2, 2008. Total count of persons: 19,855,288.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016". February 8, 2017.
- ^ "Australia-Oceania :: Tokelau". CIA The World Factbook. October 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Best, Elsdon (1918). "Polynesian Navigators: Their Exploration and Settlement of the Pacific". Geographical Review. 5 (3): 169–182. doi:10.2307/207638. ISSN 0016-7428. JSTOR 207638.
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