Qld Tongan Language School

Mālō e lelei!

Welcome to the Brisbane Tongan Community’s – QLD Tongan Language School (QTLS).

Learn how to speak the Tongan language. Open to all from Primary to High School age students. Adult (Open) classes also available please email us at brisbanetongancommunity@gmail.com and complete forms below.

We operate as follows:

Tafa'aki Tokelau - QTLS North

Mondays from 6:30pm to 8:15pm with Heilala Dance Academy

at BCC Bracken Ridge Hall or Toombul Shire Hall

Tafa'aki Ki Kolo - QTLS Central

Saturdays

Location to be confirmed - inner city

We have the following classes at the moment:

Joeys (0-Pre-schoolers)

Koalas (Primary School)

Wombats (High School)

Adults:

Brumbies (Open Adult beginner) - via ZOOM on Wednesdays from 6pm to 8pm (Qld time) details will be provided upon enrolment.

Emus (Adult intermediate) - via ZOOM on Thursdays from 6pm to 8pm (Qld time), details will be provided upon enrolment.

Crocodiles (Advance Open Adult class) - via ZOOM on Fridays from 7pm-9pm (Qld time) details will be provided upon enrolment.

For more info please comment on our Facebook page or email us: brisbanetongancommunity@gmail.com.

To enrol for 2026 please click on the button below.

QTLS Motto

Ko e hakau ‘o e ‘aho ni´ ko e fonua ‘o ‘apongipongi – Today’s reef is tomorrow’s land.

We are all on a journey of learning. Together we navigate the ocean currents and waves of the rich Tongan Language and culture. It’s exciting at times, perhaps a little daunting too, but we stick it out until we reach our destination.

From humble beginnings of learning a new language or for some this might be learning or re-learning a familiar language, we start out small and grow in our knowledge to become more confident and fluent in the future.

The waves of knowledge and information will wash upon our shores over time, until the little reef of today, becomes the big island of tomorrow.