No, German is not widely spoken in Samoa today, though it was the colonial language during Germany's rule (1900-1914) and left some influence, with Samoan and English being the main languages now; however, remnants of a unique colonial German dialect, "Unserdeutsch," might exist in diaspora, but not in modern Samoa.
None of these Samoan-Germans today speak German, but the word “German” still has a positive ring in Samoan ears. After the Second World War, even though their own country was hardly prosperous, many Samoans with German “relations” sent CARE packages to starving Germans in war-ravaged Europe.
German Samoa, officially the Kingdom of Samoa (German: Königreich Samoa; Samoan: Malo Kaisalika), was a German protectorate from 1900 to 1920, consisting of the islands of Upolu, Savaiʻi, Apolima and Manono, now wholly within the Independent State of Samoa, formerly Western Samoa.
Namibia. Namibia is the only German-speaking country in Africa. Its population is estimated to be 3 million, with around 20,000 native German speakers. The country has been a German colony up until the end of WWI, leading to the creation of Namibia's own variation of German, called Namsläng or Namdeutsch.
Because of the Samoans' seafaring skills, pre-20th-century European explorers referred to the entire island group, including American Samoa, as the "Navigator Islands". The country became a colony of the German Empire in 1899 after the Tripartite Convention, and was known as German Samoa.
Samoa (formerly Western Samoa): The western islands came under German control until World War I, when New Zealand forces occupied them.
It's a Polynesian belief it supposed to call the evil spirits. Some old timers still follow that belief but mostly forgotten. I dormed with a girl who one night decides to walk up & down the hallway whistling. After awhile of getting irritated, I got up to tell her stop.
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia, and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and also Argentina, where a group in Sarmiento speaks a Patagonian dialect.
Although German is spoken around the world, six countries use it as their official language. Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Switzerland all share a common territorial area, with Germany at its center. Germany is by far the largest of these countries, both in terms of territory and population.
The number of persons "having an extended migrant background" (mit Migrationshintergrund im weiteren Sinn, meaning having at least one grandparent born outside Germany), is reported as over 1,000,000 The Initiative Schwarzer Deutscher ("Black German Initiative") estimates the total of Germans with African ancestry to ...
Germany was stripped of its colonial territories following its defeat by the Allies in the First World War. In 1920 the League of Nations allocated German Samoa to New Zealand as the mandate of Western Samoa. The territory kept this name when it regained its political independence in 1962.
In 1862 King George Tupou I abolished slavery and in 1875 a constitution was drawn up. To avoid German colonization Tonga became a British Protectorate in 1900, the status it held until full independence in 1970.
During the week resting periods are traditionally between 1pm and 3pm (“Mittagsruhe” = ”midday peace”) and between 10pm and 6am or 7am (“Nachtruhe” = “night sleep”). However, specific regulations on resting periods depend on the state you are living in. But keep in mind, Germans are quite direct.
Tokelauan language. Tokelauan (/toʊkəˈlaʊən/) is a Polynesian language spoken in Tokelau and historically by the small population of Swains Island (or Olohega) in American Samoa. It is closely related to Tuvaluan and is related to Samoan and other Polynesian languages.
20,000 German Namibians, who speak German as their mother tongue, live in Namibia in southwest Africa. They are descendants of German colonists (the colony of German Southwest Africa existed from 1884 to 1915).
The 80/20 rule (Pareto Principle) applied to learning German means focusing your efforts on the 20% of high-frequency vocabulary, grammar, and phrases that will give you 80% of your understanding and conversational ability, making learning more efficient. Instead of learning everything, prioritize common words, basic sentence structures, and practical phrases for travel or specific goals, allowing for rapid, functional communication and confidence building.
While "Germany" is a more general term that refers to the entire country, the name "Deutschland" is specifically linked to the language and culture of Germany. The titles of Deutschland called Germany also reflect the distinctions between the German and English languages in terms of linguistic implications.
Swakopmund was known for its continued glorification of Nazism after World War II, including the celebration of Hitler's birthday and "Heil Hitler" Nazi salutes given by residents. In 1976, The New York Times quoted a German working in a Swakopmund hotel who described the city as "more German than Germany".
Lexically speaking, German is actually one of the farthest languages in the Germanic group from English. It is most similar to Dutch and shares more than 80 percent lexical similarity to it, with Danish, Swedish and Norwegian following as close seconds.
Namibia was colonized by the Germans from 1884 to 1914 and German is still an important business language in Namibia and the language one hears most frequently among shop-keepers in Windhoek. The South African colonization, which was supposed to be a Trusteeship, lasted until 1990.
Samoa has 4 cultural genders – female, male, fa'afafine, fa'afatama, however only two, female and male are promoted and included in all legislation. Fa'afafine and Fa'afatama are indigenous LGBTI citizens of Samoa. Fa'afafine are male at birth and explicitly embody feminine gender traits.
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Samoans are Polynesian and there are few other distinct ethnic groups comprising the country's population. Some Samoans have part Chinese or European (especially German) ancestry, which tend to correlate with higher socio-economic stature.