Malo e lelei!
Introduction of the Kingdom of Tonga
The Kingdom of Tonga, also known as the Friendly Islands, is a member of the British Commonwealth. It is located in the South Pacific Ocean, to the west of the International Date Line.
There are a total of 176 islands, 36 of which are populated. With a tropical rainy climate, the dry season is from May to August, and the rainy season is from December to April.
It has a population of around 100,000 (2005), 98% of them are native, and others are European, Asian, and some pacific island men. Nuku’alofa is the capital, with 60,000 people (2005).
Introduction of Tongan
Tongan is a kind of west Polynesian language. It’s one of the two official languages of the Kingdom of Tonga (the other official language is English). The natives usually use Tongan, while citizens and government officials prefer to use English.
It is very similar to the languages of Samoan as well as Niue and Uvea (Wallis). Besides the Kingdom of Tonga, Tongan is also used in Eastern Samoa, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the USA, and Vanuatu.
It is an alphabetic language, with the basic word order of VSO (meaning verb-subject-object). In total, there are around 200,000 people using this language.
Tongan Alphabet
There are 17 letters in the Tongan alphabet, five vowels and eleven consonants and the glottal stop: A a, E e, F f, H h, I I, K k, L l, M m, N n, NG ng, O o, P p, S s, T t, U u, V v, ‘.
Some examples are as follows:
A a, sounds as in father (a);
H h, sounds as in hat (ha);
N G n g, sounds as in singer (nga);
U u, sounds as in root (u);
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The last one ‘ is the glottal stop (fakau‘a).
All of these vowels can be lengthened: the doubled-duration vowels are written with a macron over them: ā, ē, ī, ō, ū.
Some Useful Expressions
English Tongan
Hello Mālō e lelei
How are you? Fēfē hake?
Fine Sai
Thank you Mālō
Thank you very much Mālō ‘aupito
Excuse me Tulou
Sorry Fakamolemole
Of course. Ka ko toe hā
What is your name? Ko hai ho hingoā?
My name is… Ko hoku hingoā ko…
Good morning Mālō ‘etau lava ki he pongipongī ni
Good afternoon Mālō ‘etau lava ki he efiafī ni
Good night Mālō ‘etau lava ki he poō ni
Tongan Translation with One-stop services
All Tongan translators at CCJK are qualified translators. They are not only masters in language but also specialized in their own fields, such as law, finance, mechanical, electronics, and chemistry. As we all know, the level of foreign language translators in different kinds of social organizations keeps rising.
The reason for CCJK’s success is that our translation service is focused on specialized materials. Sometimes our clients lack enough time and resources; sometimes they lack translators in certain fields. Our company has many excellent translators and editors for a large number of languages in almost every field. For each job, we go through a strict TEP process: Translation-Edition-Proofreading.
We have Tongan translators to cover various fields including but not limited to:
Tongan Marketing translations
Tongan Medical translations
Tongan IT translations
Tongan translations for technical manuals and brochures
Tongan translations for the travel industry
Tongan translations for mechanical engineering
Do not hesitate to contact CCJK for Tongan Translations!