Tongan language

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alphabet 20 letters
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo gptkb:Samoan_language
Niuean language
gptkbp:endangeredStatus not endangered
gptkbp:glottologCode ton
tong1325
gptkbp:hasBibleTranslation completed in 1862
gptkbp:hasDialects no significant dialects
gptkbp:hasDictionary gptkb:Tongan-English_dictionary
gptkbp:hasGrammar Tongan grammar
gptkbp:hasLoanwordsFrom gptkb:Fijian_language
gptkb:Samoan_language
English
gptkbp:hasPhonology simple vowel system
limited consonant inventory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tongan language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code to
gptkbp:ISO639-3 ton
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Austronesian_languages
gptkb:Malayo-Polynesian_languages
gptkb:Oceanic_languages
gptkb:Polynesian_languages
gptkbp:nativeName lea fakatonga
gptkbp:notableBook gptkb:oral_tradition
modern literature
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers about 187,000
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Tonga
gptkbp:order VSO (verb–subject–object)
gptkbp:recordedAt early 19th century
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Tongan_Language_Commission
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Australia
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Tonga
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:status government position
gptkbp:supportsLanguage to
gptkbp:teaches taught in schools in Tonga
taught in some schools in Australia
taught in some schools in New Zealand
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Tongan_diaspora
gptkbp:usedIn education in Tonga
government in Tonga
media in Tonga
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tongan_Language_Commission
gptkb:Tongan_alphabet
gptkb:Jenny
gptkb:Samoan_language
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6