Fijian is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken natively by an estimated 350,000 to 450,000 ethnic Fijians. Under Fiji's 2013 constitution it is one of the country's three national languages alongside English and Hindi, and it follows a verb-object-subject word order.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count1996 census figure for native speakers, cited in the Wikipedia infobox; a broader estimate of 350,000 to 450,000 ethnic Fijian native speakers appears in the lead paragraph. Attested From (Year)Year Methodist missionaries from Australia developed a written form of Fijian, per the Wikipedia History section; earlier isolated European word lists exist but this is the first standardized written form recorded there. Classification
Official StatusNational Language (Symbolic, Not Sole Official) 1 Connections
Written In
Fijian is standardly written in the Latin alphabet.
Sources
1. Fijian language, Wikipedia
Lead paragraph, second sentence
In the 2013 constitution, Fijian (referred to as iTaukei) is a national language of Fiji, along with English and Hindi.
Infobox, ISO 639-3 field
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Infobox, Native speakers field
339,210 cited 1996 census
Lead paragraph, first sentence
is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family
History section
In 1835, Methodist missionaries from Australia worked in Fiji to develop a written form of the language.
Official status, Fijian entity page
Under Fiji's 2013 constitution it is one of the country's three national languages alongside English and Hindi, and it follows a verb-object-subject word order.
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