Austronesian family
Tongan
c. 500 CE – today Living
Tongan (c. 500 CE – today) is a living Austronesian language. Lineage: Proto-Austronesian → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian → Proto-Oceanic → Proto-Central Pacific → Proto-Polynesian → Tongan.
See Tongan on the interactive map- Speakers
- 190K (190,000)
- ISO 639-3
- ton
- Glottocode
- tong1325
Tongic branch of Polynesian; official language of Tonga. Start date is nominal.
Lineage
- Proto-Austronesianc. 3,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE
- Proto-Oceanicc. 1,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Proto-Central Pacificc. 1,000 BCE – 800 BCE
- Proto-Polynesianc. 800 BCE – 100 CE
- Tonganc. 500 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Polynesian.