| Name | Fijian |
Nativename | Na vosa vaka-Viti |
Familycolor | Austronesian |
States | Fiji |
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; spoken as second language in the rest of Fiji |
Speakers | 450,000 native speakers, 200,000 second-language users |
Fam2 | Malayo-Polynesian |
Fam3 | Oceanic |
Fam4 | Central Pacific |
Fam5 | East Fijian |
Nation | Fiji |
Iso1 | fj|iso2=fij|iso3=fij |
Notice | IPA |
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Fijian is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken in Fiji. It has 450,000 first-language speakers, which is less than half the population of Fiji, but another 200,000 speak it as a second language. The 1997 Constitution established Fijian as an official language of Fiji, along with English and Hindustani, and there is discussion about establishing it as the "national language", though English and Hindustani would remain official. Fijian is a VOS language. It has prepositions.
Standard Fijian is based on the language of Bau, which is an East Fijian language.
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