History of Samoa who brought the tools necessary to create the art of tatau, or in English tattoo, whence came the traditional Samoan "malofie" (also known as "pe'a" for men and as "malu" for women). The foundation of the cultural tradition of Samoa, or the fa'asamoa came with the rise of the warrior queen Nafanua. Her rule instituted traditions of the fa'amatai or local family and village and regional chiefly systems, a decentralized system. Her niece Salamasina continued under this system and their time is considered a golden age of Samoan cultural traditions. For a long period, a Tongan aristocracy ruled in Samoa.
Tongan language right, a position halfway in between the two extremes above. Most papers still follow this practice. English, like most European languages, uses only two articles: By contrast, Tongan has three articles, and possessives also have a three-level definiteness distinction: There are three registers which consist of There are also further distinctions between For example, the phrase "Come and eat!" translates to: The Tongan language distinguishes 3 numbers: singular, dual, and plural. They appear as the 3 major columns in the tables below. The Tongan language distinguishes 4 persons: First person exclusive, first person inclusive, second person and third person. They