Editing Samoa (section)

===Languages===
{{Further|Polynesian languages}}

Samoan (''Gagana Fa'asāmoa'') and English are the official languages. Including second-language speakers, there are more speakers of Samoan than English in Samoa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/country/ws/languages/ |title=Samoa |work=Ethnologue |access-date=4 September 2016 |archive-date=10 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910063129/http://www.ethnologue.com/country/WS/languages |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Samoan Sign Language]] is also commonly used among the [[Hearing loss|deaf]] population of Samoa. To emphasize the importance of full inclusion with sign language, elementary Samoan Sign Language was taught to members of the Samoa Police Service, Red Cross Society, and public during the 2017 International Week of the Deaf.<ref>{{cite news |title=Historic training for Samoa Police on International Week of the Deaf |url=http://www.samoaplanet.com/historic-training-samoa-police-international-week-deaf/ |access-date=21 June 2018 |work=Samoa Planet |date=25 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621221307/http://www.samoaplanet.com/historic-training-samoa-police-international-week-deaf/ |archive-date=21 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>