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Tongan language

NameTongan
Nativenamelea faka-Tonga
StatesTonga
American Samoa
Australia
Canada
Fiji
New Zealand
Niue
US
Vanuatu
Speakers200,000 (as of 2010)
FamilycolorAustronesian
Fam2Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3Oceanic
Fam4Polynesian
Fam5Tongic
NationTonga
Iso1to|iso2=ton|iso3=ton
NoticeIPA

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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.


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