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He analysed Fiji Hindi and concluded that it was a unique language with its own distinct grammar, rather than "broken Hindi", as it had been previously referred to. Moag documented his findings and wrote lessons using the Fijian Hindi dialect in the book, Fiji Hindi: a basic course and reference grammar (1977).
The anthem's English version is usually sung. The English and Fijian lyrics are not translations of each other and have very little in common. [1]In August 2008, the draft version of the People's Charter for Change, Peace and Progress, a government document intended to supplement the Constitution and reconcile ethnic and linguistic divides, suggested that the national anthem should be in the ...
Hindi is an official language in Fiji. In the 1997 Constitution, it was referred to as "Hindustani", [6] but in the 2013 Constitution of Fiji, it is simply called "Hindi". [7] Fiji Hindi, also known as Fijian Baat or Fijian Hindustani, is the language spoken by most Fijian citizens of Indian descent.
It is closely related to Fiji Hindi and the Bhojpuri-Hindustani spoken in Mauritius and South Africa. Because a majority came from the Bhojpur region in Bihar , Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand , and the Awadh region in Uttar Pradesh, Caribbean Hindustani is most influenced by Bhojpuri, Awadhi, and other Eastern Hindi and Bihari languages.
The majority of Indo-Fijians came from northern, northern eastern and southeastern part of India and converse in what is known as Fiji Hindi (also known as 'Fiji Baat'), this language has been constructed from eastern Hindi dialects mixed with some native Fijian and some English loan words, [32] with some minorities speaking Gujarati, and ...
Fijian (Na vosa vaka-Viti) is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language. 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".
Technically, anything over 20 years old can be coined "vintage." But when you truly think of items worth this title, your brain doesn't go to Beanie Babies. Instead, it conjures up images of vinyl...
Hindustani language, an Indo-Aryan language, with Hindi and Urdu being its two standard registers; Hindustani Muslims are the Urdu-speaking, Hindustani people of Muslim faith. Fiji Hindi, a variety of Eastern Hindi spoken in Fiji, and is known locally as Hindustani; Caribbean Hindustani, a variety of Eastern Hindi spoken in the Caribbean