TONGAN ( Tonga )

Spoken by 97,000 people in the Kingdom of Tonga. Also spoken in Fiji, American Samoa and Hawaii.
Linguistic Lineage for Tongan
Tonga - Fiji - American Samoa

Ko ia ke pehe ni ha'amoutolu lotu:

Ko 'emau Tamai 'oku 'i Hevani,
ketapuha" ho Huafa,
ke hoko ho'o Pule,
ke fai ho Finangalo,
hange ko ia 'i he langi ke pehe foki 'i ma"mani.
Ke ke foaki mai he 'ahoni ha'amau me'akai ki he 'anai.
Pea fakamolemole homau nga"hi mo'ua;
hange kuo mau fakamolemole foki 'a kinautolu ne mo'ua kiate kimautolu.
Pea 'ou na'a ke fakahu" kimautolu ki he 'ahi'ahi;
ka ke fakahaofi kimautolu mei he Fili.

Note: (") following a letter means there is a macron over that letter.

Source: "KO E TOHITAPU KATOA"
The Bible in Tongan (1979)
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl - E-mail WKuhl44238@aol.com

Another version

Source: S. Apostolides "Our Lord's prayer in one hundred different languages", London, 1869.

Hail Mary!

Source: "AVE MARIA in 404 lingue"
Ordine Equestro del San Sepolcro di Gerusalemme, Milano (1931).
Contributed by David G. Landsnes, MD - E-mail dgwlmd@superlink.net

Hail Mary!

Sioto ofa, Malia,
oku ke fonu ihe kalasia,
oku iate koe ae Eiki,
oku ke monu'ia koe ihe fefine kotoape,
pea oku monu'ia a Sesu koe fua o ho alo.

Sagata Malia,
koe Fa'e ae Otua,
ke ke hufia akimautolu agahala ihe ahoni
pea moe aho o emau mate.
Ameni.

Contributed by David G. Landsnes, MD - E-mail dgwlmd@superlink.net

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