Archaeological evidence suggests Tonga was settled by Lapita people before Samoa, making it the first Polynesian island to be inhabited by them around 3000 years ago (c. 1000 BCE). Samoa was settled shortly after, with evidence pointing to settlers migrating from Tonga as part of the wider Polynesian expansion, although some Samoan traditions link back to Tonga as well.
In this respect, modern Tongan has more phonological sounds than Samoan, but not as many as Fijian, prompting such linguists to theorize that Tongan is probably older than Samoan but not as old as Fijian.
American Samoa
(more than nine-tenths) is ethnically Samoan; there are tiny minorities of Tongan and Filipino origin and of people of mixed ethnicity. The Samoans are a Polynesian people closely related to the native peoples of New Zealand, French Polynesia, Hawaii, and Tonga.
Human history in American Samoa dates back about 3,000 years, making the Samoan culture the oldest in Polynesia. Archaeological evidence dating to that time has been found at eastern Tutuila Island and on Ofu Island. With the exception of Ta`u, the Samoan islands were under Tongan conquest from 1200 to 1400 C.E..
Some would also say it was because of the unhealthy diet that lead the populations to be severely obese. A very interesting answer was that the Polynesians had practiced an old form of eugenics, mostly selecting larger and stronger partners for the sake of war and combat.
Because of the Samoans' seafaring skills, pre-20th-century European explorers referred to the entire island group, including American Samoa, as the "Navigator Islands". The country became a colony of the German Empire in 1899 after the Tripartite Convention, and was known as German Samoa.
New Zealand apologized to Samoa in 2002 for injustices during its colonial administration (1914-1962), specifically for the catastrophic 1918 influenza epidemic (caused by NZ allowing an infected ship to dock) and the 1929 shooting of non-violent protestors, acknowledging the immense loss of life and mismanagement by its inept administration.
Samoa has 4 cultural genders – female, male, fa'afafine, fa'afatama, however only two, female and male are promoted and included in all legislation. Fa'afafine and Fa'afatama are indigenous LGBTI citizens of Samoa. Fa'afafine are male at birth and explicitly embody feminine gender traits.
Like all neighbouring countries, Samoa and Tonga have a complicated relationship that has spanned back to legendary times - however the relationship between these two countries as well as others including Fiji and Uvea & Futuna could not be told without mentioning the actions of each nation in each-others' histories.
Tongans or Tongan people are a Polynesian ethnic group native to Tonga, a Polynesian archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. Tongans represent more than 98% of the inhabitants of Tonga. The rest are European (the majority are British), mixed European, and other Pacific Islanders. There also are several hundred Chinese.
To say "hello" in Tongan, use "Mālō e lelei!" (pronounced Mah-low eh leh-lay), which is a common and polite greeting, with "Mālō" meaning "thank you" and "lelei" meaning "good". For a more formal greeting, you can use "Mālō 'etau lava", and to ask "How are you?", say "Fēfē hake?".
The part where it says "the Manu'a islands of Samoa were considered sacred by the early Tongan Kings" is also a lie. Tongan royal family are known for taking samoan women as sex slaves and concubines. They did not consider Samoa sacred. In fact, Samoan tattoos was a mark of slavery.
Samoans are Polynesian
Samoans are an indigenous Polynesian ethnic group, sharing deep cultural, linguistic, and ancestral ties with other communities across the Polynesian Triangle, including: Māori (Aotearoa New Zealand) Native Hawaiians (Hawaiʻi) Tongans (Tonga)
'Eua is around 40 million years old, the oldest island in Tonga and one of the oldest in the South Pacific.
Samoa was ruled by the Tongans from 900 to 1250 A.D. Most of the Tui Tonga were very good men. Thy dealt fairly with all the people of Samoa. The Samoans were happy and they lived a good life. They loved and respected the Tui Tonga.
Deeply integrated economies, common security and foreign policy interests, shared history, values and institutions, personal connections, geographical proximity and a healthy sporting rivalry combine to make New Zealand's relationship with Australia our closest and most significant.
Mau means “opinion” or “testimony” in Samoan. The Mau had its origins, in 1908, in a dispute between the German colonial administration and the Maloa o Samoa, or Samoan Council of Chiefs, over the establishment of a copra business owned and controlled by native Samoans.
It's a Polynesian belief it supposed to call the evil spirits. Some old timers still follow that belief but mostly forgotten. I dormed with a girl who one night decides to walk up & down the hallway whistling. After awhile of getting irritated, I got up to tell her stop.
They are related to the Indigenous people of the Philippines such as the Kankanaey people. Modern-day Filipinos and Samoans are unrelated.
Some scientists believe Tonga's problem is partly down to genetics - that Pacific islanders in the past had to survive long periods without food so their bodies are programmed to cling on to fats.
The word “taboo” originates from the Tongan word “tapu” and the Tahitian “tabu,” which both mean something sacred, prohibited, or set apart. In Polynesian cultures, “tapu” dictated social customs, religious practices, and even dietary restrictions.
Dumont d'Urville reworked Bory's term Mélanien into Mélanésien, 'Melanesian', as his general name for the 'black Oceanian race' which he found 'disagreeable' and 'generally very inferior' to the 'copper-coloured race' of 'Polynesians' and 'Micronesians' and to the 'Malays'.