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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.
Fiji has three official languages under the 1997 constitution (and not revoked by the 2013 Constitution): English, Fijian and Fiji Hindi. The Fijian language is spoken as the first language by most indigenous Fijians who make up around 54% of the population. Indo-Fijians make up 37% of the population and speak Fiji-Hindi. English was the sole ...
Paul Geraghty, Lonely Planet Fijian Phrasebook, 1994, 182 pp. Rusiate T. Komaitai, Albert J. Schütz, Contributor Rusiate T Komaitai, Spoken Fijian: An Intensive Course in Bauan Fijian, with Grammatical Notes and Glossary, 1971, University of Hawaii Press, Foreign Language / Dictionaries / Phrase Books, ISBN 0-87022-746-7.
Western Fijian, also known as Wayan [2]: 212 is an Oceanic language spoken in Fiji by about 57,000 people. It is distinct from Eastern Fijian (also known as Bauan or Standard Fijian). Phonology
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.
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The West Fijian languages are more closely related to Rotuman, and East Fijian to Polynesian, than they are to each other, but subsequent contact has caused them to reconverge. Rotuman has been influenced by Polynesian languages, evident today by the presence of two reflex sets (one inherited, one from Polynesian).
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