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Tongic
Geographic
distribution
Tonga and Niue
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Central Pacific
        • Polynesian
          • Tongic
Proto-languageProto-Tongic
Subdivisions
  • Tongan
  • Niuean
Glottologtong1324

The Tongic languages are a small group of the Polynesian languages. The group consists of at least two languages, Tongan and Niuean, and possibly a third, Niuafoʻouan.

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Tongic languages

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The Tongic languages are a small group of the Polynesian languages. The group consists of at least two languages, Tongan and Niuean, and possibly a third...

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Nuclear Polynesian languages

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Tahitic languages. Nuclear Polynesian is differentiated, among Polynesian languages, by its distinguishing characteristics from the Tongic languages spoken...

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Polynesian languages

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the cultures. Polynesian languages fall into two branches, Tongic and Nuclear Polynesian. Tongan and Niuean constitute the Tongic branch; all the rest are...

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Niuean language

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Polynesian languages such as Māori, Samoan, and Hawaiian. Together, Tongan and Niuean form the Tongic subgroup of the Polynesian languages. Niuean also...

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Tongan language

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Together with Niuean, it forms the Tongic subgroup of Polynesian. Tongan is unusual among Polynesian languages in that it has a so-called definitive...

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Nukuria language

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classified as languages in this region that are not a Tongic language (Tongan and Niuean). Nukuria is a language in opposition to a dialect and it is spoken in...

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Thavung language

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of So (Thavung), a Vietic language of Thailand. Retrieved 22. Nov. 2017. Sidwell, Paul. Vietic languages. Mon-Khmer Languages Project. Steven Moran and...

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Tong Tong Fair

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Indonesian/Malay language and literally means ‘Great Night Market’. The new name was chosen to emphasise its link with the 'Tong Tong Foundation' and its...

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Tai Pao language

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Tai Pao, known in Vietnamese sources as Tai Hang Tong (Hàng Tổng), is a Tai language of Vietnam and Laos. In Laos, it is spoken in Khamkeut District,...

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Anuta language

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Anuta is generally regarded as Nuclear Polynesian language, although it bears considerable Tongic influence. In 1977, Richard Feinberg published a two-volume...

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Pak language

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either of these two languages: one of the names (better spelled Päk) given to the Lemerig language the Pak-Tong language Languages of Pakistan This disambiguation...

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Languages of China

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languages in China. The predominant language is Standard Chinese, which is based on Beijingese, but there are hundreds of related Chinese languages,...

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Wallisian language

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scholars. Due to its proximity with Tongan language, Wallisian has sometimes been classified within the Tongic subgroup (Elbert, 1953), but later linguists...

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Bible translations into Oceanic languages

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following is a simplified version of the language tree of Polynesian languages showing only the major languages: Tongic: Tongan Niuean Nuclear Polynesian: Anuta...

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Sinitic languages

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The Sinitic languages (simplified Chinese: 汉语族; traditional Chinese: 漢語族; pinyin: Hànyǔ zú), often synonymous with the Chinese languages, are a group of...

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Cenderawasih languages

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The Cenderawasih languages, approximately synonymous with West New Guinea languages, are a branch of Austronesian languages of Indonesia, found in the...

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Pete Tong

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Peter Michael Tong MBE (born 30 July 1960) is an English disc jockey who works for BBC Radio 1. He is the host of programmes such as Essential Mix and...

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Philippine languages

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Philippine languages or Philippinic are a proposed group by R. David Paul Zorc (1986) and Robert Blust (1991; 2005; 2019) that include all the languages of the...

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Formosan languages

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The Formosan languages are a geographic grouping comprising the languages of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, all of which are Austronesian. They do not...

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Austronesian languages

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official Austronesian languages). By the number of languages they include, Austronesian and Niger–Congo are the two largest language families in the world...

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Central Pacific languages

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The Central Pacific languages, also known as Fijian–Polynesian languages, are a branch of the Oceanic languages spoken in Fiji and Polynesia. Ross et...

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Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

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apply to any of the languages spoken in Europe and there are translations in many languages. Educational bodies for various languages have offered estimates...

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