Sāmoa or Samoa: Debate over the use of diacritical marks, glottal stops and macrons
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — There are differing opinions among speakers of the Sāmoan language in New Zealand on the use of certain diacritical marks and glottal stops when learning.

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