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1 (National)
English
[eng]
1 (National). De facto national working language, considered co-official with Tongan [ton]. 32,430 in Tonga, all users. L1 users: 730 in Tonga (2019 World Factbook). L2 users: 31,700 (2019).
Tongan
[ton]
1 (National). De facto national language, considered co-official with English [eng]. 106,000 in Tonga (2017). Total users in all countries: 189,740.
6b (Threatened)
Niuafo’ou
[num]
6b (Threatened). 1,000, all users. L1 users: 500 (2015 S. Tuilautala). L2 users: 500 (2015 S. Tuilautala). Ethnic population: 1,500 (2011 census). 523 on Niuafo’ou (2010), many elsewhere.
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Chinese
[zho]
Unestablished. 2,000 in Tonga.
