Fijian is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken in Fiji. It has 350,000 first-language speakers, which is less than half the population of Fiji. Fijian is a VOS language.
| Fijian
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| Spoken in:
| Fiji
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| Region:
| Spoken as first language on Vanua Levu, the eastern half of Viti Levu, and on the lesser islands of Kadavu, Nayau, Lakeba, Oneata, Moce, Komo, Namuka, Kabara, Vulaga, Ogea and Vatoa. In the rest of Fiji, spoken as a second language.
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| Total speakers:
| 350,000 native speakers, 200,000 second-language users
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| Ranking:
| Not in top 100
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Genetic
classification:
| Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
Central Pacific
East Fijian-Polynesian
East Fijian
Fijian
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| Language codes
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| ISO 639-2 | fij
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| SIL | FJI
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Pronunciation
There are some consonants that are pronounced significantly differently from English:
- "b" is pronounced like "mb" (bamboo)
- "c" is pronounced like "th" (this)
- "d" is pronounced like "nd" (candy)
- "g" is pronounced like "ng" (singer)
- "q" is pronounced like "ngg" (finger)
External link
Wikipedia articles written in this language are located at the
bg:Фиджийски език
