Research on how a Proto-Central Pacific evolved from an ergative actancy system into modern Fijian which has an accusative one. Comparison is made with Tongan which retains an ergative system.

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.

This site is primarily in Tongan.

Tongan language lessons with many example sentences, very basic grammar and conjugation.

Brief list of basic phrases and words for expressing time.

Paper by Michael Dukes of the University of Canterbury and Stanford University examining 'second position' or 'Wackernagel' elements and their functional properties in Tongan.