Tongan Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Austronesian

A review of open issues in the grammar on Tongan in light of recent developments in grammatical theory and the analysis of Western-Malayo-Polynesian languages.

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• James & Meliame's Tongasite - This site is primarily in Tongan.
• Morphosyntax of 2P Pronouns in Tongan - Paper by Michael Dukes of the University of tongan Canterbury and Stanford University examining \\'second position\\' or tongan \'Wackernagel\' elements and their functional properties in Tongan.[PDF]
• Evidence for Grammatical Functions in Tongan - A review of open issues in the grammar on Tongan in light of recent developments in grammatical theory and the analysis of Western-Malayo-Polynesian languages.
• Learn To Speak Tongan - Brief list of basic phrases and words for malayo-polynesian expressing time.
• Comparative Syntax of Fijian and Tongan - Research on how a Proto-Central Pacific evolved from eastern an ergative actancy system into modern Fijian which eastern has an accusative one. Comparison is made with eastern Tongan which retains an ergative system.

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