Tonga - Wikipedia Tongan is a Polynesian language of the Tongic branch so is closely related to other languages of the Tongic branch, those being: Niuean and Niuafoʻouan Tongan is more distantly related to other Polynesian languages such as Hawaiian, Samoan, Māori, and Tahitian, among others
Tonga | Population, Volcano, Tsunami, Map, People | Britannica Most of the Tongan population lives in the three major island groups, and nearly three-fourths live on Tongatapu Island The urban population has been steadily growing and now accounts for about one-third of the total population
Tonga Maps Facts - World Atlas The waters around Tonga are known for their deep-sea trenches, including the Tonga Trench, one of the deepest parts of the ocean The lowest point in Tonga is the Pacific Ocean's surface, at sea level Elsewise, the Tongan archipelago is divided into three main geographical regions: Tongatapu, Haʻapai, and Vavaʻu
Tonga - New World Encyclopedia The Tongan archipelago consists of 169 islands, 36 of them inhabited, lying along a general north-south line about 800 km in length The largest island, Tongatapu, on which the capital of Nuku'alofa is located, at 257 km² comprises more than a third of the nation's area
Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga - Country Profile - the Friendly Islands . . . Nationality: Tongan(s) Population: 103,000 (2011 census) Ethnic Groups: Polynesian 98%, Europeans Religion: Christian Languages: Tongan, English Literacy: 98 5% Exports - commodities: squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops Exports - partners: Japan 16%, US 15 4%, Fiji 12 8%, NZ 12 5%, South Korea 11%, Samoa 10 7%, Australia 7 5%, American
Tongan language - Wikipedia Tongan (English pronunciation: ˈ t ɒ ŋ (ɡ) ə n 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 uses Latin script
Culture of Tonga - history, people, women, beliefs, food, customs . . . Tongan is an Austronesian language of the Oceanic subgroup It belongs to the Western Polynesian languages, specifically the Tongic group There are three social dialects: one for talking to the king, one for chiefs and nobles, and one for the common people
Homepage - Tonga Tourism The Tongan archipelago consists of 176 islands, roughly the same number of marine species divers encounter in their first hour exploring the Kingdom’s coral reefs, caves and crystal clear waters
history of Tonga - Encyclopedia Britannica From 1983 to 1991, despite domestic and international objections, the government sold some 6,600 Tongan passports to foreign nationals The revenue from the sale—purportedly some $30 million—was invested in a trust fund that in the late 1990s came under the control of an American businessman, Jesse Bogdonoff
Lets learn Tongan – Learning Tongan for beginners Koe lea ʻoe Uike’ The word of the week! Greetings, our learning journey for this new year begins with a word of the week or more like my favourite word or a new word that iʻve come across It is a Tongan greeting which you donʻt often hear as the more popular greeting of mālō e…