Tongan language

Tongan
Tongan
lea faka-Tonga
Native to	Tonga;; significant immigrant community in New Zealand and the United States
Native speakers	(187,000; 96,000 in Tonga cited 1998); 73,000 elsewhere (no date), primarily in NZ, U.S., and Australia;
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Polynesian Tongic Tongan; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin-based
Official status
Official language in	Tonga
Language codes
ISO 639-1	to
ISO 639-2	ton
ISO 639-3	ton
Glottolog	tong1325
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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.

^ 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. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ "Tongan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-12-13.

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[e18-1] Tongan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[e17-2] Tongan language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

[3] "Tongan". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 February 2022. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

[lexico-4] "Tongan". Lexico. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[Merriam-Webster-5] "Tongan". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[7] "Tongan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-12-13.

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Tongan
lea faka-Tonga
Native to	Tonga; significant immigrant community in New Zealand and the United States
Native speakers	(187,000 96,000 in Tonga cited 1998)^[1] 73,000 elsewhere (no date), primarily in NZ, U.S., and Australia^[2]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Polynesian Tongic Tongan
Writing system	Latin-based
Official status
Official language in	Tonga
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`to`
ISO 639-2	`ton`
ISO 639-3	`ton`
Glottolog	`tong1325`
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.