Tongan language
| Tongan | |
|---|---|
| lea faka-Tonga | |
| Native to | Tonga; significant immigrant community in New Zealand and the United States |
| Ethnicity | Tongans |
Native speakers | (187,000 |
Austronesian
| |
| Latin-based | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Tonga |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | to |
| ISO 639-2 | ton |
| ISO 639-3 | ton |
| Glottolog | tong1325 |
Tongan (English pronunciation: /ˈtɒŋ(ɡ)ən/ TONG-(g)ən;[3][4][5][a] lea fakatonga) is an Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch native to the island nation of Tonga. It has around 187,000 speakers.[6] It uses the word order verb–subject–object and, although primarily spoken, the written form uses Latin script.
- ^ Tongan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Tongan language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ "Tongan". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 February 2022. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ "Tongan". Lexico. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Tongan". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Tongan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
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