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Fijians (Fijian: iTaukei, lit. 'Owners [of the land]') are a nation and ethnic group native to Fiji , who speak Fijian and English and share a common history and culture. Fijians, or iTaukei , [ 8 ] are the major indigenous people of the Fiji Islands of Melanesia .
Etymology The word sulu (pronunciation: soo-loo) literally means clothes or cloth in the iTaukei language. The first sulus were brought by missionaries coming from Tonga in the nineteenth century and were initially worn by iTaukei Fijians to indicate their conversion to Christianity.
The iTaukei (Indigenous Fijians) culture is not based on biological lineage but instead on a child's link to a spiritual ancestor. This has proved to be somewhat of a hurdle when attempting to apply Western culture in a Fijian landscape, such as the use of a predominantly Western criminal justice system.
The Fijian language was introduced to Fiji c. 3500 years ago by the islands' first settlers. For millennia, it was the only spoken language in Fiji. In 1835, Methodist missionaries from Australia worked in Fiji to develop a written form of the language.
Fiji has three official languages under the 1997 constitution (and not revoked by the 2013 Constitution): English, Fijian (iTaukei), and Hindi. ( Fiji Hindi is a variety of Hindi common in Fiji.) Fijian is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken in Fiji.
An iTaukei speaker, recorded in Fiji. Fijian is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken in Fiji . It has 300,000 first-language speakers, which is almost one-third of the population of Fiji, but another 300,000 speak it as a second language.
The original itaukei inhabitants of Suva were forced to move to Suvavou ("New Suva") by the British colonial powers in 1882 to make room for the new capital of Suva. [1] Located on the outskirts of Lami is the Bilo Battery, which was a key defense fortification built during World War II to help guard the main passage in the reef leading into ...
The Vola ni Kawa Bula, commonly known as the VKB, is the official Fijian register of native landowners. It is known in English as the Native Land Register. By law, all indigenous Fijians who are now to be known as iTaukei [1] are entitled to be enrolled as members of the VKB, which is in the charge of the Native Lands Commission. [2]