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English in the South Pacific  (http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/paclangunit/English%5FSouth%5FPacific.htm)
Part of the Pacific Languages Unit's web site, this page provides an article by John Lynch and France Mugler about the use of English in Melanesia and Polynesia.

Ethnologue report for Tonga  (http://www.ethnologue.com/show%5Fcountry.asp?name=Tonga)
Produced by missionaries cum linguists involved in the Summer Institute of Linguistics, this web site has data on the languages of Tonga. It includes spoken living languages, and an extinct language.

A Little Togan Dictionary  (http://www.tongaturismo.info/dizionar.htm)
This short dictionary provides Tongan and English translations of Italian words.

Polynesian Languages and Literature Group  (http://www.ling.su.se/pollinet/index.html)
Part of the Polynesian Language and Literature Group's electronic home hosted by the Linguistic Department at the University of Stockholm, this page contains links to information about Tongan, Niuafo'ou and Niuatoputapu.

Togan Folklore  (http://www.tongatapu.net.to/lore/tonga/default.htm)
Part of the Tales & Stories of the South Pacific web site, this page contains nineteen Tongan histories and legends as well as a glossary. Click on the titles to the left of the page.

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  September 19, 2005
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