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Samoan vs Tongan - What's the difference?

samoan | tongan |

As nouns the difference between samoan and tongan

is that samoan is a person from Samoa or of Samoan descent while Tongan is a person from Tonga or of Tongan descent.

As proper nouns the difference between samoan and tongan

is that samoan is the Samoan language while Tongan is an Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch spoken in Tonga.

As adjectives the difference between samoan and tongan

is that samoan is of, from, or pertaining to Samoa, the Samoan people or the Samoan language while Tongan is of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, the Tongan people or the Tongan language.

samoan

English

(Samoan language)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person from Samoa or of Samoan descent.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Samoan language.

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    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, from, or pertaining to Samoa, the Samoan people or the Samoan language.

    • tongan

    English

    (Tongan language) (Tongan people)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch spoken in Tonga.

    • See also

    * (projectlink) * (to)

    External links

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from Tonga or of Tongan descent.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, the Tongan people or the Tongan language.