Fijian language
| Fijian | |
|---|---|
| Vosa Vaka-Viti | |
| Native to | Fiji |
| Ethnicity | Fijians |
Native speakers | (339,210 cited 1996 census) 320,000 second-language users (1991) |
Austronesian
| |
| Dialects | |
| Latin-based | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Fiji |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | fj |
| ISO 639-2 | fij |
| ISO 639-3 | fij |
| Glottolog | fiji1243 |
| Linguasphere | 39-BBA-a |
Fiji ethnic map (2017 census) green is for Fijian | |
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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. In the 2013 constitution, Fijian (referred to as iTaukei) is a national language of Fiji, along with English, Standard Hindi, and Fiji Hindi. Fijian is a VOS language.
Standard Fijian is based on the Bau dialect, which is an East Fijian language. A pidginized form is used by many Indo-Fijians and Chinese on the islands, while Pidgin Hindustani is used by many rural ethnic Fijians and Chinese in areas dominated by Indo-Fijians.