Tongan

Summary

Tongan is a modern language^[1]. Tongan has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Tongan is in the country of Tonga^[3].
• Tongan is in the country of American Samoa^[4].
• Tongan is in the country of Australia^[5].
• Tongan is in the country of Canada^[6].
• Tongan is in the country of Fiji^[7].
• Tongan is in the country of New Zealand^[8].
• Tongan's instance of is recorded as modern language^[9].
• Tongan's instance of is recorded as natural language^[10].
• Tongan is a type of Tongic^[11].
• Tongan's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[12].
• Tongan's Commons category is recorded as Tongan language^[13].
• Tongan's Wikimedia language code is recorded as to^[14].
• Tongan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -21.1666666667, 'lon': -175.166666667}^[15].
• Tongan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tongan language^[16].
• Tongan's described at URL is recorded as https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=136^[17].
• Tongan's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+186010'}^[18].
• Tongan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'to', 'text': 'Lea fakatonga'}^[19].
• Tongan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'to', 'text': 'Faka Tonga'}^[20].
• Tongan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'to', 'text': 'lea fakatonga'}^[21].
• Tongan's different from is recorded as Tonga language^[22].
• Tongan's indigenous to is recorded as Tonga^[23].
• Tongan's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TON^[24].
• Tongan's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 1 National^[25].
• Tongan's linguistic typology is recorded as verb–subject–object^[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include modern language^[9] and natural language^[10]. Tongan is a type of Tongic^[11].

Why It Matters

Tongan has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Tongan is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]