tongan in English

adjective
1
of or relating to Tonga or its people or language.
Most people preferred English as the medium of expression as it conveyed for them better than the Tongan language the frequently painful and mixed emotions they felt about their cultural identity.
noun
1
a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
In addition, Tongans , Tahitians and, Fijians participate in the Pacific Islander Festival, a weekend event held annually in Southern California since 1990.
2
the Polynesian language spoken in Tonga.
The ‘Uvean language is a Western Polynesian language closely related to Tongan .

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1. Castaway in Romania: From the Tongan national rugby team to the foodbanks of Baia Mare

2. The Barbarian (wrestler) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sione Havea Vailahi (born 6 September 1958) is a Tongan professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The Barbarian.

3. The teacher explained that Tongan fishermen glide over a reef, paddling their outrigger canoes with one hand and dangling the maka-feke over the side with the other.

4. The theme for Tonga Language Week is "Fakakoloa 'o Aotearoa 'aki 'a e Tauhi Fonua", or, in English, "a Tongan Perspective of Enriching Aotearoa, New Zealand"

5. Fritz, a young Tongan man grappling with his wrestling superstar father Baron To'a's legacy, both metaphorically and literally following in his deceased father's footsteps by fighting for the return of his dad's stolen championship belt.

6. The one non-exclusively Taiwanese branch is the 1180-language Malayo-Polynesian branch, which includes the most well-known members of the Austronesian family: Indonesian and Malay, Malagasy in Madagascar, the 70-plus Filipino languages, and Māori, Samoan, Tongan and

7. Anxi is not that far from the major metropolitan area of Xiamen, and outside of Xiamen there are manufacturing hubs like Tongan, built up for easy access to the port when Xiamen was declared a prototype free trade zone.