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Nadroga
Native to
Fiji
Region
South-Eastern quarter of Viti Levu, Vatulele and the Mamanuca Group
Native speakers
(undated figure of 15,000[citation needed])
Language family
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central Pacific
West Fijian - Polynesian
West Fijian – Rotuman
West Fijian
Nadroga
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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Glottolog
None
Nadroga (pronounced [naˈɳɖʳoŋa]), is a prominent dialect of the West Fijian languages spoken in mostly in the western region of the Fiji Islands. It is often used as the generic standard of West Fijian. It takes its name from the ancient region and modern day province of Nadroga/Navosa, in Viti Levu, an area already unique for its own material culture, language and beautiful landscapes. Known as one of the prestige dialects of Fiji (which include the dialects of Rewa, Cakaudrove and Lau), Nadroga is popularly identified, and sometimes lampooned, by the change of Standard Fijian 's' to 'h' and the turbulent pitch and rapidness in which the language is spoken and can widely be identified by non-speakers within Fiji as a result of those characteristics. It is a dialect that is less understood by native Fijian speakers due to different sounds and spelling of common words.(Becker E. Anne, 1995) [1] For example, the Fijian greeting word "bula" is "cola" in Nadroga/Navosa dialect.
^Becker, A.E. (1995). Body, Self, and Society: The View from Fiji. University of Pennsylvania Press, Incorporated. p. 137. ISBN 9780812213973. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
Nadroga (pronounced [naˈɳɖʳoŋa]), is a prominent dialect of the West Fijian languages spoken in mostly in the western region of the Fiji Islands. It is...
The Austronesian languages. ISBN 978-0858836020. Geraghty, Paul (2002). Nadrogā. In John Lynch and Malcolm Ross and Terry Crowley (eds.), The Oceanic Languages:...
Rotuman Western Fijian linkage: Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua, Western Fijian (Nadroga, Waya) East Central Pacific linkage Eastern Fijian linkage: Bauan (standard...
insurgents. The women and children were distributed to places like Nadi and Nadroga. Of the men, 15 were sentenced to death at a hastily conducted trial at...
and Noco Lau and Rewa Cakaudrove and Tailevu Ra/Nadroga/Kadavu/Ba Macuata/Naitasiri Serua/Kadavu Nadroga/Kadavu Nadi/Kadavu Ono-I-Lau/Bau Island Ono, Kadavu/Ono-I-Lau...
the Beqa, Serua and Vatulele dialect in the main island with more similarities with the Nadroga, Naitasiri and Ba dialects as one move towards the south...
its pottery, the making of which is still governed by strict rituals. Nadroga and Rewa also produce fine pottery. Each region has its own unique style...
meaning remained the same. In the Bauan dialect the word for flood is 'uwaluvu' whilst in the Matailobau dialect it is 'waiburebure'. In April 1868, as...
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