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Tonga in other languages: exonyms, Nukuʻalofa, divisions and anthem

Tonga is Tonga in Tongan and English, officially Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga, the Kingdom of Tonga, and its ISO codes are TO, TON and 776. The name stands here in 167 languages and variants, Nukuʻalofa in 56, followed by the five island divisions and the national anthem.

Official languagesTongan (faka-Tonga) and English

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

ratio 1:2

alpha-2: TO
alpha-3: TON
numeric: 776

Tonga Tongan · Latin

Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga

Tonga English · Latin

Kingdom of Tonga

English: TongaKingdom of Tonga
Capital: NukuʻalofaNukuʻalofa

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.

01 · Exonyms

Tonga in other languages: list of exonyms

Tonga in 167 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Afrikaans, Aragonese, Asturian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Cornish, Welsh, Danish, Lower Sorbian, Estonian, Basque, Faroese, Finnish, Kven, French, Franco-Provençal, West Frisian, Friulian, Scottish Gaelic, Galician, Haitian Creole, Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Javanese, Jersey Norman French, Kinyarwanda, Kurmanji Kurdish, Latin, Latvian, Limburgish, Lingala, Lithuanian, Ladin, Latgalian, Malagasy, Maltese, Nahuatl, Dutch, Norwegian, Novial, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Romansh, Romanian, Kirundi, Aromanian, Sicilian, Slovak, Slovenian, Northern Sami, Samoan, Spanish, Albanian, Sardinian, Saterland Frisian, Swahili, Swedish, Tetum, Tongan, Tok Pisin, Turkish, Võro, Walloon, Wolof, Zazaki, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irish	eng / afr / arg / ast / bre / cat / ces / cor / cym / dan / dsb / est / eus / fao / fin / fkv / fra / frp / fry / fur / gla / glg / hat / hrv / hsb / hun / ina / ind / isl / ita / jav / jnf / kin / kur / lat / lav / lim / lin / lit / lld / ltg / mlg / mlt / nah / nld / nor / nov / pol / por / que / roh / ron / run / rup / scn / slk / slv / sme / smo / spa / sqi / srd / stq / swa / swe / tet / ton / tpi / tur / vor / wln / wol / zza / deu / ltz / nds / gle	Tonga	same as written
Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Moldovan, Slovio, Turkmen	crh / gag / kaa / mol / slo / tuk	Tonga / Тонга	Tonga
Azerbaijani	aze	Tonqa / Тонга	Tonqa
Bambara	bam	Tɔnga	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Tonga / Тонга / تۉنغا	Tonga
Esperanto	epo	Tongo	same as written
Fijian	fij	Toga	same as written
Manx	glv	Yn Tongey	same as written
Malay	msa	Tonga / توڠݢا	Tonga
Norman French	nrm	Tounga	same as written
Occitan	oci	Tònga	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Tonga / तोन्गा	Tonga
Samogitian	smg	Tuonga	same as written
Somali	som	Toonga	same as written
Tahitian	tah	Toʻa	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Tonga / Тонга / تانگە	Tonga
Vietnamese	vie	Tông-ga	same as written
Volapük	vol	Tonguäns	same as written
Abkhaz, Abaza, Altai, Avar, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Macedonian, Mongolian, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk	abk / abq / alt / ava / bul / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / mkd / mon / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal	Тонга	Tonga
Bashkir, Chechen, Kurdish (Caucasus), Serbian	bak / che / kmr / srp	Тонга / Tonga	Tonga
Rusyn, Ukrainian	rue / ukr	Тонґа	Tonga
Belarusian	bel	Тонга / Tonha	Tonha
Chuvash	chv	Тонгӑ	Tongă
Kazakh, Kyrgyz	kaz / kir	Тонга / تونگا / Tonga	Tonga
Kabardian	kbd	Тонгэ	Tongă
Ossetian	oss	Тонгӕ	Tongä
Tatar	tat	Тонга / Tonga / تونگا	Tonga
Tajik	tgk	Тонга / تانگه / Tonga	Tonga
Arabic	ara	تونغا, تونجا	Tūnġā, Tūngā
South Azerbaijani	azb	تونقا / Tonqa	Tonqa
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	تۆنگا / Tonga	Tonga
Persian	fas	تونگا / Tongâ	Tongâ
Western Punjabi	pnb	ٹونگا	Ṫōngā
Dari	prs	تونگا	Tōngā
Pashto	pus	تونګا	Tōngā
Uyghur	uig	تونگا / Ton’ga / Тонга	Ton’ga
Urdu	urd	ٹونگا, تونگا	Ṫōngā, Tōngā
Dhivehi	div	ޓޮނގާ	Ṫoṅgā
Hebrew	heb	טונגה	Ṭōngah
Ladino	lad	טונגה / Tonga	Tonga
Yiddish	yid	טאָנגאַ	Tonga
Amharic	amh	ቶንጋ	Tonga
Greek	ell	Τόνγκα, Τόγκα	Tóngka, Tógka
Armenian	hye	Տոնգա, Թոնգա	Tonga, T̕onga
Georgian, Mingrelian	kat / xmf	ტონგა	Tonga
Laz	lzz	ტონგა / T’onga	T’onga
Hindi	hin	टोंगा	Ṭoṃgā
Bengali	ben	টোঙ্গা, টঙ্গা	Ṭoṅgā, Ṭôṅgā
Gujarati	guj	ટોંગા	Ṭoṃgā
Odia	ori	ଟୋଙ୍ଗା	Ṭoṅgā
Punjabi	pan	ਟੋਨਗਾ	Ṭongā
Sinhala	sin	ටොන්‍ගාව	Ṭongāva
Kannada	kan	ಟೋಂಗ	Ṭōṃga
Malayalam	mal	ടോംഗ, ടോന്ഗ	Ṭōṃga, Ṭōnga
Tamil	tam	டொங்கா, தொங்கா, டோங்கா	Ṭoṅkā, Toṅkā, Ṭōṅkā
Telugu	tel	టోంగా	Ṭōṃgā
Chinese	zho	湯加/汤加	Tāngjiā
Japanese	jpn	トンガ	Tonga
Korean	kor	통가	Tongga
Tibetan	bod	ཊོང་ག།	Toṅ.ga
Burmese	mya	တာန်ဂာ	Tãga
Thai	tha	ตองกา, ท็องกา	Tɔ̄ṅkā, Tʰɔṅkā
Khmer	khm	តុងហ្គា	Tuṅhkā

Fijian writes Toga and Tahitian Toʻa, both without the ng cluster in writing. Greek, Armenian, Bengali, Malayalam and Tamil list two or three spellings each.

02 · NamesU+02BB MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA

Tonga, Toga, Tongo

The Tongan name of the state is Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga, the Kingdom of Tonga, and the language is faka-Tonga, in the manner of Tonga. Tongan marks the glottal stop with the ʻokina, a turned comma that counts as a consonant: Puleʻanga, Haʻapai, Vavaʻu, Nukuʻalofa. English usually writes it as an apostrophe or leaves it out.

A short name with an ng in the middle travels well. Most languages write Tonga unchanged, Cyrillic languages Тонга, and the variants mostly concern the ng: Azerbaijani Tonqa, Greek Τόνγκα or Τόγκα, Korean 통가 (Tongga), Chinese 湯加 (Tāngjiā). Fijian writes Toga, since its g already stands for the ng sound, and Tahitian Toʻa with a glottal stop of its own.

Esperanto adds its noun ending, Tongo, Manx its article, Yn Tongey, and Samogitian makes the vowel a diphthong, Tuonga.

03 · Nukuʻalofa

Nukuʻalofa in other languages

Nukuʻalofa in 56 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, French, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irish	eng / fra / deu / ltz / nds / gle	Nuku’alofa	same as written
Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Samogitian	lav / lit / pol / smg	Nukualofa	same as written
Azerbaijani, Turkmen	aze / tuk	Nukualofa / Нукуалофа	Nukualofa
Bosnian	bos	Nukualofa / Нукуалофа / نۆقۆآلۉفا	Nukualofa
Esperanto	epo	Nukualofo	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Núkúalófa	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Nûkûalofa	same as written
Latin	lat	Nucualofa	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Nuku’alofa / Нукуалофа	Nuku’alofa
Malay	msa	Nuku’alofa / نوكوالوفا	Nuku’alofa
Tongan	ton	Nukuʻalofa	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Nukualofa / Нукуалофа / نۇكۇئەلافە	Nukualofa
Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian	bul / mon / rus / ukr	Нукуалофа	Nukualofa
Bashkir, Serbian	bak / srp	Нукуалофа / Nukualofa	Nukualofa
Belarusian	bel	Нукуалофа / Nukuałofa	Nukuałofa
Chuvash	chv	Нукуалофӑ	Nukualofă
Kazakh	kaz	Нукуалофа / نۋكۋالوفا / Nwkwalofa	Nwkwalofa
Kabardian	kbd	Нукуалофэ	Nukualofă
Kyrgyz	kir	Нукуалофа / نۇكۇالوفا / Nukualofa	Nukualofa
Ossetian	oss	Нукуалофӕ	Nukualofä
Tatar	tat	Нукуалофа / Nukualofa / نۇكۇئالوفا	Nukualofa
Tajik	tgk	Нукуалофа / نوکوؤلافه / Nukualofa	Nukualofa
Arabic	ara	نوكوألوفا, نوكوالوفا, نوكوآلوفا	Nūkuʾalūfā, Nūkuwālūfā, Nūkūʾālūfā
South Azerbaijani	azb	نوکوالوفا / Nukualofa	Nukualofa
Persian	fas	نوکوآلوفا / Nukuâlofâ	Nukuâlofâ
Pashto	pus	نوکوآلوفا	Nūkūʾālōfā
Uyghur	uig	نۇكۇئالوفا / Nukualofa / Нукуалофа	Nukualofa
Urdu	urd	نوکوالوفا	Nūkūʾalōfā
Hebrew	heb	נוקואלופה	Nūqūʾalōfah
Yiddish	yid	נוקואַלאָפֿאַ	Nukualofa
Amharic	amh	ኑኩአሎፋ	Nuku'ălofa
Greek	ell	Νουκουαλόφα	Noykoyalófa
Armenian	hye	Նուկուալոֆա	Noukoualofa
Georgian	kat	ნუკუალოფა	Nukualoṗa
Bengali	ben	নুকুআলোফা	Nukuālopʰā
Kannada	kan	ನಕುಅಲೋಫ	Nakualōpʰa
Malayalam	mal	നുകു അലൊഫ	Nuku Alopʰa
Tamil	tam	நுக்குவாலோஃபா, நுகுஅலோபா	Nukkuvālōfā, Nukualōpā
Chinese	zho	努庫阿洛法/努库阿洛法	Nǔkù'āluòfǎ
Japanese	jpn	ヌクアロファ	Nukuarofa
Korean	kor	누쿠알로파	Nukuallopa
Thai	tha	นูกูอะโลฟา	Nūkū'alōfā
Khmer	khm	ណូកូអាឡូហ្វា	Ṇūkū'āḷūhvā

Tongan writes the glottal stop with the ʻokina, Nukuʻalofa; most other languages drop it, Nukualofa.

04 · Divisions

The five divisions of Tonga

Tonga is divided into five island divisions (vahe), from Ongo Niua in the far north to ʻEua in the south. ISO 3166-2:TO has coded them with two digits since 17 April 2007; the English names in the standard drop the ʻokina.

Tonga, ISO 3166-2:TO: 5 divisions
ISO 3166-2	Tongan	English	Administrative centre
Divisions ngaahi vahe5
TO-01	ʻEua	'Eua	ʻOhonuaʻOhonua
TO-02	Haʻapai	Ha'apai	PangaiPangai
TO-03	Ongo Niua	Niuas	HihifoHihifo
TO-04	Tongatapu	Tongatapu	NukuʻalofaNukuʻalofa
TO-05	Vavaʻu	Vava'u	NeiafuNeiafu

Codes: ISO 3166-2:TO on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, change history (Newsletter I-8) as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:TO, checked 28 October 2026.

05 · Divisions

Island groups and their centres

The five divisions have kept their names since ISO added them in 2007. Their centres are the main town of each group of islands: ʻOhonua on ʻEua, Pangai in Haʻapai, Hihifo in the Niuas, Nukuʻalofa on Tongatapu and Neiafu on Vavaʻu.

06 · Towns

Ten large towns of Tonga

Ten large towns of Tonga in descending order of population, as ranked when the list was compiled.

Nukuʻalofa
Muʻa
Neiafu
Haveloloto
Vaini
Nihifo
Tofoa-Koloua
Haʻateiho
Pea
Pangai

07 · Anthem

National anthem: Ko e fasi ʻo e tuʻi ʻo e ʻOtu Tonga

The Song of the King of the Tonga Islands was adopted in 1874. The words are by Prince Uelingatoni Ngū Tupoumalohi, who died in 1885, the music by Carl Gustav Schmitt. It is a prayer for the king, named in the last line as Tupou. The eight lines in Tongan:

ʻE ʻotua māfimafi / ko homau ʻeiki koe / ko koe ko e falalaʻanga / mo e ʻofa ki Tonga.
ʻAfio hifo ʻemau lotu / ʻaia ʻoku mau faí ni / mo ke tali homau loto / ʻo maluʻi ʻa Tupou.

08 · Questions

Questions about the names and divisions of Tonga

What is the official name of Tonga in Tongan?

Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga, the Kingdom of Tonga.

What is the ʻokina in Nukuʻalofa?

The Tongan letter for the glottal stop, written as a turned comma. Without it the name is Nukualofa.

How many divisions does Tonga have?

Five: ʻEua, Haʻapai, Ongo Niua, Tongatapu and Vavaʻu, coded TO-01 to TO-05.