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TONGAN [2 records]

Record 1 2018-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

A native or long-term resident of Tonga, in Oceania.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

Personne née aux Tonga, en Océanie, ou qui y habite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de habitantes y nombres de pueblos
DEF

Persona nativa o habitante de Tonga, en Oceanía.

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Record 2 1996-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

The Polynesian language of the Tongans.

OBS

Spoken on the Tonga Islands (Friendly Islands) in the southwest Pacific.

OBS

To be distinguished from Tonga and from Thonga (or Tsonga), languages spoken in Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue polynésienne parlée par les Tongans, dans les îles Tonga (îles des Amis), royaume constitué par un archipel de la Polynésie (Océanie) dans l'océan Pacifique sud, au sud des îles Samoa et à l'est des îles Fidji.

Key term(s)
  • tonga

Spanish

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