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Varani is the first significant Fijian missionary among the islands and a strong counter-cultural influence upon Ratu Seru Cakobau, preeminent among the warring chiefs of Fiji. 1847: Prince Enele Ma'afu of Tonga arrived in Fiji and established himself in Lakeba by 1848. Ma'afu's arrival and settling in Lakeba were strengthened by his blood ...
The article on the History of Fiji offers a timeline of events. The Lapita people, named after their distinctive pottery style, were the first people to inhabit Fiji in about 3000 BCE, and evidence of their settlements exist throughout Fiji – particularly around the Sigatoka Sand Dunes.
It is the successor of the Central Archives of Fiji and the Western Pacific High Commission, established in 1954. [1] [2] [3] Its name changed to the National Archives of Fiji in 1971, shortly after Fiji's independence. [1] The agency is responsible for archiving records of the Fijian government. [1]
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. A pidginized form is used by many Indo-Fijians and ...
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).
The Tongan influence brought Polynesian customs and language into Fiji. The empire began to decline in the 13th century. Across 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) from east to west, Fiji has been a nation of many languages. Fiji's history was one of settlement but also of mobility and over the centuries, a unique Fijian culture developed.
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Topics in Fijian Language History (PhD thesis). Mānoa: University of Hawai'i. Geraghty, Paul A. (1983). The History of the Fijian Language. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications. Vol. 19. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Schütz, Albert J. (1962). A dialect survey of Viti Levu (PhD thesis). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.