Tongan

The Tongan language (lea faka-Tonga) is spoken by approximately 95,000 speakers in Tonga. Tongan belongs to the Austronesian family.

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Examples from the eBooks:

Learn some numbers, colours and a
few simple phrases in Tongan.

Numbers...


taha, ua, tolu, fā, nima, ono,
fitu, valu, iva, hongofulu, hongofulu mā taha, hongofulu mā ua.
one, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.


fo‘i lasipeli ‘e tolu

three raspberries

Ko e fo‘i ‘āpele ‘e fiha
Ko e fo‘i ‘āpele pē ‘e taha.
‘Oku ifo mo‘oni!

How many apples are there?
There is only one apple.
How delicious!

Colours...

‘Oku lanu moli ‘a e matala‘i ‘akaú ni.
‘Oku faka‘ofo‘ofa!

This flower is orange.
How beautiful!

‘Oku hinehina mo momoko ‘a e sinouú.
‘Iiii...

The snow is white and cold.
Brrr...

lanu engeenga . lanu moli . lanu pingikī . lanu kulokula . lanu vaioleti . lanu mata

yellow ... orange ... pink ... red ... purple ... green
blue ... brown ... grey ... black ... white

lanu pulū . lanu melomelo . lanu tukumisi . lanu ’uli’uli . lanu hinehina

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