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Tongan
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tonga (Tonga Islands), to, Tongan language, Tonga dialect
Polynesian language
Tongan is a Polynesian language spoken in Tonga and by Tongan diaspora communities around the world. It matters as the primary language of Tongan cultural identity and communication for hundreds of thousands of native speakers.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- natural language
- Subclass of
- Tongic
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Image
- Tonga banner Fishing hole.jpg
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- Wikimedia language code
- to
- writing system
- Latin script
- native label
- lea fakatonga
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 186010
- linguistic typology
- verb–subject–object
- indigenous to
- Tonga
- topic's main category
- Category:Tongan language
- different from
- Tonga language
- P10369
- Wiki
- P11012
- Halter nutans
- Commons category
- Tongan language
- described at URL
- lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=136
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Encyclopedic overview
Tongan (English pronunciation: /ˈtɒŋ(ɡ)ən/ TONG-(g)ən; lea fakatonga) is an Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch native to the island nation of Tonga. It has around 187,000 speakers. It uses the word order verb–subject–object and, although primarily spoken, the written form uses Latin script.
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