Ko te reo Hāmoa nō te reo whānau o ngā iwi o Porinīhia, arā he reo ka ahu mai nō te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, me te aha, e ōrite ana te reo Hāmoa ki te reo o Māori, o Tonga, ā, o ngā moutere Porinīhia anō hoki. Ko te mihinare George Pratt (1817-1894) ka tuhituhi te tikinare mataati o Hāmoa i te tau 1862. E 40 tau i noho ai Pratt ki Savai'i.