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Tongan
95.000 speakers
10 language specific characters
ISO 639 code: ton
Tongan is a member of the Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages spoken by about 95,000 people mainly in Tonga. It is also spoken in American Samoa, Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand, Niue, the USA and Vanuatu. It closely related to Niue, Wallisian and Samoan.
Tongan was first written by missionaries in the early 19th century using a number of different spelling systems. The currect system was promulgated by the Privy Council of Tonga in 1943.
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wikipedia.org, omniglot.com & ethnologue.comAre you a hyperpolyglot? Tongan is supported by our fonts, but unfortunately we don't have our sample text translated yet into Tongan. If you can help us out by making a translation of these few lines of text, you rock!
Don’t be a cuckoo if you’re a nightingale.
Don’t be a nightingale or a flycatcher, if you’re a dog.
But anyone can make sound.
We are Underware.
Don’t be a cuckoo if you’re a nightingale.
Don’t be a nightingale or a flycatcher, if you’re a dog.
But anyone can make sound.
We are Underware.