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Web Sites
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. www.sultry.arts.usyd.edu.au/LFG98/austro/download/dukes.rtf
Grammatical Properties of the Ergative Noun Phrase in Tongan - Paper exploring the grammatical status of the ergative case-marked NP in Tongan and other ergative languages in Polynesia and arguing for a new analysis based on the view that it is syntactically oblique. www.stanford.edu/~mdukes/Ling593MG/TonganErg.pdf
Lea 'O Tonga - Tongan language lessons with many example sentences, very basic grammar and conjugation. loseli.tripod.com/tasks.html
Learn To Speak Tongan - Brief list of basic phrases and words for expressing time. arabiatimes.tripod.com/tongan.htm
Morphosyntax of 2P Pronouns in Tongan - Paper by Michael Dukes of the University of Canterbury and Stanford University examining 'second position' or 'Wackernagel' elements and their functional properties in Tongan. csli-publications.stanford.edu/HPSG/1/hpsg00dukes.pdf
Tongan Vocabulary and Sentences - Tongan vocabulary on a variety of topics including basic words, place names, food and lineage terms. Also has geneologies and proverbs. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamel/tgahome.htm
