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A Fijian speaker, recorded in Fiji.
Fijian (Na vosa vaka-Viti) is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language. The 2013 Constitution established Fijian as an official language of Fiji, along with English and Fiji Hindi and there is discussion about establishing it as the "national language". Fijian is a VOS language.[2]
Standard Fijian is based on the Bau dialect, which is an East Fijian language.
A pidginized form is used by many Indo-Fijians and Chinese on the islands, while Pidgin Hindustani is used by many rural ethnic Fijians and Chinese in areas dominated by Indo-Fijians.
^Fijian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Dryer, Matthew S.; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Fijian language". World Atlas of Language Structures Online. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
as the "national language". Fijian is a VOS language. Standard Fijian is based on the Bau dialect, which is an East Fijianlanguage. A pidginized form...
other Indigenous West Fijian and East Fijian regional languages are spoken on the islands, standard Fijian belonging to the East Fijian group. Arabic and...
Indigenous Fijians in areas of Fiji where there are large Indo-Fijian communities. A pidgin form of the language is used by rural ethnic Fijians, as well...
Fiji (/ˈfiːdʒi/ FEE-jee, /fiːˈdʒiː/ fee-JEE; Fijian: Viti, [ˈβitʃi]; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, Fijī), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in...
(2002) classify the languages as a linkage. Central Pacific Western Rotuman Western Fijian linkage Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua Western Fijian (Nadroga, Waya) East...
Fiji could be Fijianlanguage Rufiji languageFiji Hindi This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fijilanguage. If an internal...
Western Fijian, also known as Wayan: 212 is an Oceanic language spoken in Fiji by about 57,000 people. It is distinct from Eastern Fijian (also known...
Fiji, or of Fijian descent. For more information about the Fijian people, see: Demographics of Fiji Culture of Fiji The FijianlanguageFijian cuisine List...
The culture of Fiji is a tapestry of native Fijian, Indian, European, Chinese, and other nationalities. Culture polity traditions, language, food costume...
largest ethnic backgrounds that Fijians identified with were Indian/Indo-Fijian and Indigenous Fijian origins. Fijians were also the fifth largest Pacific...
The Provinces of Fiji ("veiyasana" (pl.) and "yasana" (s.) in the Fijianlanguage) are the 14 administrative units into which the country is divided, particularly...
the Indo-Fijian community, which by that time had come to outnumber the native Fijian population. Fearing Indo-Fijian domination, many Fijian chiefs saw...
Western Fijianlanguages Eastern Central Pacific linkage Eastern Fijianlanguages Polynesian languages Roger Blench (2014) argues that many languages conventionally...
Pidgin Fijian (also known as Jargon Fijian, Fijian Pidgin, Broken Fijian) was a plantation language used by iTaukei (Indigenous) Fijians and foreigners...
"befall" is sometimes sung as "befalls". See Help:IPA/Fijian, Fijianlanguage § Phonology and Fijianlanguage § Orthography. Sometimes sung as Me sa biu na i...
The National Language Debate in Fiji concerns the status of the country's three official languages: English, Fijian, and Hindustani (the name used in the...
The Fijian dollar (currency sign: FJ$, $; currency code: FJD) has been the currency of Fiji since 1969 and was also the currency between 1867 and 1873...
were mediated especially through the Tovata confederacy of Fiji. This is where most Fijian-Polynesian linguistic interactions occurred. In the chronology...
Kamisese Mara, founding father of the modern nation of Fiji. Alternatively, "Isa Lei" is the Fijian version of a Tongan love song ("Ise Isa viola lose hina")...
which was supported by most leaders of the indigenous Fijian and Indo-Fijian communities. Fiji was re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations. The new...
The monarchy of Fiji arose in the 19th century, when native ruler Seru Epenisa Cakobau consolidated control of the Fijian Islands in 1871 and declared...
The Fiji men's national football team (Fijian: timi ni soka ni Viti) is Fiji's national men's team and is controlled by the governing body of football...
Epenisa Cakobau as King. The Kingdom of Fiji was the first unified Fijian state, and it covered all of modern Fiji, except the island of Rotuma. Cakobau...
the Indo-Fijian community, which by that time had come to outnumber the native Fijian population. Fearing Indo-Fijian domination, many Fijian chiefs saw...
of the Fijian Firewalking Ceremony. Ph.D. Dissertation". Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i. Sponsor: Institute of FijianLanguage and Culture...
one multi-member nationwide constituency. The Fijian Parliament dates from 10 October 1970, when Fiji became independent from the United Kingdom. The...
ancestor of the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages) from related words like Oceanic Motu mada and Fijian gwaca, but the validity of this reconstruction...
previously a highly esteemed medical doctor, the former president of the Fijian Medical Association, and was military doctor at the time of the coup d'état...
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