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  • computational resources (spell checkers, orthography converters, speech recognition software),
  • dictionaries/phrasebooks/glossaries (multilingual and monolingual, online and paper),
  • grammatical descriptions (theoretical and pædagogical),
  • scientific works (papers, books, websites), and
  • corpora (any collection of authentic text, linguistically annotated or not)

Computational Resources

English/Tongan word/phrase translator + dictionary [1]

  • Description: English/Tongan translator for words and phrases.
  • Licences/is it obtainable?: Full list of translations is available once you create a username/password to log in and is free to all. [2]

English/Tongan translator + dictionary [3]

  • Description: English/Tongan translator for words.
  • Licences/is it obtainable?: Free for use. Full dictionary available listed under #Dictionaries

Dictionaries

Tongan/English Dictionary (Online & Windows) [4]

  • Description: Tongan/English Dictionary
  • Licenses/is it obtainable?: Free to download. Copyright notice: "The use of the Freelang dictionary is governed by three principles: free access (and therefore the prohibition against its commercial exploitation), freeware status (freedom of distribution but prohibition against modifying the files) and copyright. The purpose of the present contract is to define the terms of application of these three principles." [5]

Useful Tongan phrases [6]

  • Description: Common, useful phrases in Tongan.
  • Licenses/availability: Free to download. Copyright notice: Free to use for non-commercial use with accreditation. [7]

UniLang Learn Tongan [8]

  • Description: Online beginner course for learning Tongan with featured vocabulary, phrases, and a multitude of grammar lessons.
  • Licenses/availability: Licensed under UniLang Public license which allows for free usage and redistribution as long as it is for non-commercial use and there is appropriate accreditation to the website, authors, translators, etc. [9]

Grammatical Descriptions

Intensive course in Tongan - Shumway, Eric B.

  • Description: Includes information on language and grammar 'with numerous supplementary materials, grammatical notes, and glossary'.
  • Licenses/availability: Available for use at Bryn Mawr and can be requested.

An account of the natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific ocean With an original grammar and vocabulary of their language - William Mariner

  • Description: Originally published in 1818, it offers an important early insight into Tongan customs and language, specifically its vocabulary and grammar.
  • Licenses/availability: Available for use in McCabe (within the library only).

UniLang Learn Tongan [10]

  • Description: Online beginner course for learning Tongan with featured vocabulary, phrases, and a multitude of grammar lessons.
  • Licenses/availability: Licensed under UniLang Public license which allows for free usage and redistribution as long as it is for non-commercial use and there is appropriate accreditation to the website, authors, translators, etc. [11]

Scientific Works

Social structure, space and possession in Tongan culture and language: An ethnolinguistic study, Völkel, Svenja.

  • Description: This study investigates the relationship between culture, language and cognition in Tonga. Based on extensive field research, Volkel explores the topic from both an anthropological and linguistic perspective. [12]
  • Licenses/availability: Available as an eBook online through TriPod - ProQuest eBrary.

A computational approach to spatial cognition: Representing spatial relationships in Tongan language and culture[13]

  • Description: This study investigates the relationship between culture, language and cognition in Tonga. Based on extensive field research, Volkel explores the topic from both an anthropological and linguistic perspective. [14]
  • Licenses/availability: Full PDF free to download through ScienceConnect (access through TriPod). Specific Copyright access rights need to be requested/bought. [15]
  • Licenses/availability: Available online free - Copyright - University of Illinois.

Corpora

Tongan Bible [16]

  • Description: Online Bible translated in Tongan.
  • Licenses/availability: Licensed under the public domain.

Tonga - Daly, Martin, 1939

  • "Description': This book discussing the history, culture, and language of Tonga.
  • Licenses/availability: Available in McCabe Library.

Tales and poems of Tonga- Collocott, Ernest Edgar Vyvyan, 1886

  • "Description': Tales and poems of Tonga written in both Tongan and English
  • Licenses/availability: Available at Bryn Mawr - request made to
References
  1. http://www.tongantranslator.com/
  2. Full list English/Tongan translations (must be logged in) http://www.tongantranslator.com/all-english-tongan-terms.aspx
  3. http://www.freelang.net/online/tongan.php
  4. http://www.freelang.net/dictionary/tongan.php
  5. http://www.freelang.net/dictionary/dic-copyrights.php
  6. http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/tongan.php
  7. http://www.omniglot.com/faqs.htm#use
  8. http://www.unilang.org/course.php?res=81
  9. http://www.unilang.org/about.php?mode=license&sid=93f1794fe1645baece5b5744c354950e
  10. http://www.unilang.org/course.php?res=81
  11. http://www.unilang.org/about.php?mode=license&sid=93f1794fe1645baece5b5744c354950e
  12. https://books.google.com/books/about/Social_Structure_Space_and_Possession_in.html?id=4XxHNPYW9OAC
  13. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378216609001507
  14. https://books.google.com/books/about/Social_Structure_Space_and_Possession_in.html?id=4XxHNPYW9OAC
  15. https://s100.copyright.com/AppDispatchServlet?publisherName=ELS&contentID=S0378216609001507&orderBeanReset=true
  16. https://pacificbibles.org/ton/copyright.htm