Samoan literature imperialism, Language shift, and linguicide. Samoan literature Samoan literature can be divided into oral (pre-colonial and post-colonial) and written literatures, in the Samoan language and in English or English translation, and is from the Samoa Islands of independent Samoa and American Samoa, and Samoan writers in diaspora. Samoan as a written language emerged after 1830 when Tahitian and English missionaries from the London Missionary Society, working with Samoan chiefly orators, developed a Latin script based Samoan written language. Before this, there were "logologo" (tapa signs) and "tatau" (tattoo signs) but no phonetic written form. Pre-colonial and post-colonial Samoan oral literature
Prasat Ta Krabey Prasat Ta Krabey Prasat Ta Krabey or Prasat Ta Krabei, in Khmer () and also known as Prasat Ta Khwai, in Thai (), is a Khmer temple which was built during Angkor period, the golden age of Cambodian history. This 11th century religious site was constructed in order to dedicated to Hindu god Shiva and has become a tourist attraction site near Cambodian Thai border in recent years. Prasat Ta Krabey literally means "Grandfather Buffalo temple". Prasat () is a Khmer word, derived from Sanskrit word ("prāsāda") (), means "temple". Ta () means "grandfather" and the word Krabey () means