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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.
3SG sega not a ART kolii dog (i+na in+ ART koro village yai) this e sega a kolii (i+na koro yai) 3SG not ART dog in+ART village this "there are no dogs (in this village)" Predicate clauses can also be negated in Fijian with the semi-auxiliary verb sega. This can only be completed when the predicate is placed into a complement clause. The subject of sega must also be ni, which introduces the ...
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).
Most Fijian languages have a unique prenasalized alveolar trill, transcribed here as ⁿr . Western Fijian in particular, is unique among Fijian languages for having labialized velar consonants. All vowels come in long and short forms, and so does the bilabial nasal (/m/). [2]: 212
Lauan is an East Fijian language spoken by about 16,000 people on a number of islands of eastern Fiji.. Lauan is spoken in the Lau Province.However, the number of Lauan speakers has been declining due to the presence of other languages, which have become more dominant.
Using the book A Grammar of Boumaa Fijian in this article is not the best choice, the dialect referred to in the book is one from Taveuni and is not the same as the Bauan-based Standard Fijian. 122.58.18.21 02:05, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
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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.