American Samoa

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Official Name
American Samoa, Amerika Samoa
Population
55,500
General Remarks
A self-governing, unincorporated insular area connected politically to the USA. Includes 7 islands: Tutuila, Aunuu, Manua Islands (Ta’u, Olosega, Ofu), Rose, Swains
National Languages
English, Samoan
Literacy Rate
97% (2011 World Factbook)
Immigrant Languages
Japanese (1,500), Korean, Tokelauan (100), Tongan (800)
General References
Besnier 1992; Wurm and Hattori 1981
Language Counts
The number of individual languages listed for American Samoa is 2. All are living languages. Of these, 2 are institutional.