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Rotumans
Total population
c. 10,000
Regions with significant populations
New Zealand
981[1]
Australia
550[2] - 1,000[3]
Languages
Rotuman, English
Religion
Methodism, Seventh-day Adventist, Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Samoans, Tongans, Fijians, other Pacific peoples
The Rotumans are a Polynesian ethnic group native to Rotuma, an island group forming part of Fiji.[4] The island itself is a cultural melting pot at the crossroads of the Micronesian, Melanesian and Polynesian divisions of the Pacific Ocean, and due to the seafaring nature of traditional Pacific cultures, the indigenous Rotuman have adopted or share many aspects of its multifaceted culture with its Melanesian, Micronesian and Polynesian neighbours.
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of Borabora. By most accounts, Rotumans are closely related to their neighbours from Tahiti, Samoa and Tonga. Rotumans are generally noted as being of...
the population of Fiji, known as "Rotumans". Its population at the 2017 census was 1,594, although many more Rotumans live on mainland Fijian islands,...
Look up Rotuman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rotuman may refer to: anything related to the island of Rotuma, Fiji Rotuman people, from the island...
Rotuman, also referred to as Rotunan, Rutuman or Fäeag Rotuạm (citation form: Faega Rotuma), is an Austronesian language spoken by the Indigenous Rotuma...
"Little-known lives: Rotumans in 19th-century Aotearoa New Zealand". Te Papa. Retrieved 13 May 2022. Rensel, Jan; Howard, Alan (2014). "Rotumans in Australia...
further ten thousand Rotumans in metropolitan Fiji. Joji Kotobalavu, Chief Executive of the Prime Minister's office, told Rotumans that their island would...
al. (2002) classify the languages as a linkage. Central Pacific Western Rotuman Western Fijian linkage Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua Western Fijian (Nadroga,...
Alan. ISSUES OF CONCERN TO ROTUMANS ABROAD: A VIEW FROM THE ROTUMA WEBSITE (PDF). University of Hawaii. Reactions in the Rotuman Forum to these radical attempts...
among different regions of the country. About 1.2% of the population is Rotuman – natives of Rotuma Island, whose culture has more in common with countries...
East Fijian group. Arabic and Urdu are spoken by Muslims. Chinese and Rotuman are also spoken by immigrant populations. Until the 19th century, Fiji's...
Australia) Niuean: Niue – c. 20,000–25,000 (95% of whom live in New Zealand) Rotumans: Rotuma – c. 15,000–20,000 (5% reside on Rotuma Island, 75% live on mainland...
seven elected representatives are elected for three year terms by resident Rotuman Islanders aged 21 and over. Candidacy is restricted to persons who are...
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have mixed. Others have Chinese/Fijian ancestry, Indo-Fijian/Samoan or Rotuman ancestry and European/Fijian ancestry (often called "part Fijians"). The...
Rarotongan Māori kare ta'i rua toru 'ā rima ono 'itu varu iva nga'uru Rotuman ta rua folu hake lima ono hifu vạlu siva saghulu Samoan o tasi lua tolu...
Flores languages Lio 'On Famör Rotuma Party, or LFR (meaning "Voice of the Rotuman People"), Fiji Ford Lio Ho Co. (Lio Ho, 六和 six peace) Taiwanese-based automaker...
The Rotuman forest gecko (Lepidodactylus gardineri), also known commonly as the Rotuma forest gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae....
Zealand, and Fijian New Zealanders include Fijians of ITaukei, Indo-Fijian, Rotuman, and multiracial heritage. Most Fijian New Zealanders, regardless of ancestry...
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