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'Mālō e lelei is a made-up greeting' - Tongan scholar

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Vasalua Jenner-Helu, a researcher at 'Atenisi Institute says "mālō e lelei" - now a standard greeting in contemporary Tongan - is a phrase that wasn't in common use in the past.

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'Mālō e lelei is a made-up greeting' - Tongan scholar

Vasalua Jenner-Helu, a researcher at 'Atenisi Institute says "mālō e lelei" - now a standard greeting in contemporary Tongan - is a phrase that wasn't in common use in the past.

2 months ago·New Zealand

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