About Indonesian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. It belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch while the standard dialect is Malay. When Indonesia became independent they declared Indonesian as their official language in 1945. Indonesian is spoken by 23 million people while it is the second language of 140 million people. As most Indonesians are bilingual they know more than three languages. Besides Indonesia, this language is also spoken in the Netherlands, the Philippines, and Singapore. Several dialects are spoken in various areas. The northern dialect is known as Malay while the southern dialect is most commonly spoken in Indonesia. There are regional dialects that are spoken in both north and south of Indonesia. It consists of six vowels but the sound system is similar to Malay.
About Samoan Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Samoan is the official language of the Samoan Islands that comprises Samoa and the United States territory of American Samoa. It is also the official language in both jurisdictions. Samoan is a Polynesian language where a population of 260,000 people currently reside. The writing system is of Latin Samoan alphabet and Samoan braille. The native speakers of Samoan include 510,000. If we talk about the vowel length it is phonemic in Samoan. It features five different vowels and has a long form that is denoted by a macron. For example, Tama means a child or a little boy while Tama means father. A lot of foreign words are included in Samoan phonology. The verbs are formed from nouns that will generally end with a. Just like many other Austronesian languages, Samoan features singular, dual, and plural.