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The table below provides technical details for the Tonga language, designated by the to code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Tonga Native Faka Tonga |
| Family | Oceanic |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | TongatapuHa‘apaiVava‘uNiuatoputapu |
| Related languages | NiueanSamoanTokelauanWallisian (ʻUvean)Tuvaluan |
| Key facts | Forms the Tongic subgroup of Polynesian together with NiueanPronoun system marks singular, dual and plural as well as inclusive vs. exclusivePossession is classified with ‘a’ vs. ‘o’ markers depending on control over the possessed itemThe glottal stop (ʻ) is treated as a full consonant in writing and speechClassical dance-chant genre ‘lakalaka’ preserves formal, archaic Tongan vocabulary. |
| Sample phrase | Mālō e lelei, fēfē hake? |
| Character encodings | |
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Tongan belongs to the Austronesian language family, more specifically to the Oceanic subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Tonga and is written using the Latin script. It is estimated that there are around 150,000 speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
106K
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Tonga speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
to-TO – Tonga (Tonga)
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- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ