Tongan Language

Tongan Language

Tongan (lea fakatonga) is an Austronesian language spoken in Tonga. It has around 200,000 speakers and is a national language of Tonga. It is a VSO (verb–subject–object) language.

Read more about Tongan Language:  Related Languages, Tongan Alphabet, Syllabification, Articles, Registers, Pronouns, Counting, Literature, Calendar

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