as the "national language". Fijian is a VOS language. Standard Fijian is based on the Bau dialect, which is an East Fijian language. A pidginized form...
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Fiji has three official languages under the 1997 constitution (and not revoked by the 2013 Constitution): English, Fijian and Fiji Hindi. The Fijian language...
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Indigenous Fijians in areas of Fiji where there are large Indo-Fijian communities. A pidgin form of the language is used by rural ethnic Fijians, as well...
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(2002) classify the languages as a linkage. Central Pacific Western Rotuman Western Fijian linkage Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua Western Fijian (Nadroga, Waya) East...
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Fiji, or of Fijian descent. For more information about the Fijian people, see: Demographics of Fiji Culture of Fiji The Fijian language Fijian cuisine List...
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Western Fijian, also known as Wayan: 212 is an Oceanic language spoken in Fiji by about 57,000 people. It is distinct from Eastern Fijian (also known...
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Fiji (/ˈfiːdʒi/ FEE-jee, /fiːˈdʒiː/ fee-JEE; Fijian: Viti, [ˈβitʃi]; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, Fijī), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in...
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largest ethnic backgrounds that Fijians identified with were Indian/Indo-Fijian and Indigenous Fijian origins. Fijians were also the fifth largest Pacific...
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"befall" is sometimes sung as "befalls". See Help:IPA/Fijian, Fijian language § Phonology and Fijian language § Orthography. Sometimes sung as Me sa biu na i...
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Fiji could be Fijian language Rufiji language Fiji Hindi This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fiji language. If an internal...
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Western Fijian languages Eastern Central Pacific linkage Eastern Fijian languages Polynesian languages Roger Blench (2014) argues that many languages conventionally...
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Indo-Fijians (Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी के हिंदुस्तानी), also known as Indian Fijians (also colloquially known as "Findians" or "Findus"), are Fijian citizens...
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The culture of Fiji is a tapestry of native Fijian, Indian, European, Chinese and other nationalities. Culture polity traditions, language, food costume...
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The Provinces of Fiji ("veiyasana" (pl.) and "yasana" (s.) in the Fijian language) are the 14 administrative units into which the country is divided, particularly...
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the Indo-Fijian community, which by that time had come to outnumber the native Fijian population. Fearing Indo-Fijian domination, many Fijian chiefs saw...
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indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. It is a standardized variety of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca...
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The Fijian dollar (currency sign: FJ$, $; currency code: FJD) has been the currency of Fiji since 1969 and was also the currency between 1867 and 1873...
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dollar - Fijian electoral system - Fijian food - Fijian Football League - Fijian honours system - Fijian Indian diaspora - Fijian language - Fijian mercenaries...
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one multi-member nationwide constituency. The Fijian Parliament dates from 10 October 1970, when Fiji became independent from the United Kingdom. The...
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Polynesia (category Articles containing Fijian-language text)
were mediated especially through the Tovata confederacy of Fiji. This is where most Fijian-Polynesian linguistic interactions occurred. In the chronology...
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The Fiji men's national football team (Fijian: timi ni soka ni Viti) is Fiji's national men's team and is controlled by the governing body of football...
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The Kingdom of Fiji (Fijian: Matanitu o Viti), also known as the Kingdom of Viti, was a short-lived monarchy in Fiji. It existed from 1871 to 1874, with...
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The monarchy of Fiji arose in the 19th century, when native ruler Seru Epenisa Cakobau consolidated control of the Fijian Islands in 1871 and declared...
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of the Fijian Firewalking Ceremony. Ph.D. Dissertation". Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i. Sponsor: Institute of Fijian Language and Culture...
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Lomaiviti is an East Fijian language spoken by about 1,600 people on a number of islands of Fiji. Lomaiviti at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...
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previously a highly esteemed medical doctor, the former president of the Fijian Medical Association, and was military doctor at the time of the coup d'état...
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The National Language Debate in Fiji concerns the status of the country's three official languages: English, Fijian, and Hindustani (the name used in the...
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FJ (category Articles containing German-language text)
dictionary. Fiji (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) .fj, the country code top level domain (ccTLD) for Fiji Fijian language (ISO 639-1 language code) Fujian...
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Wayback Machine, Fiji Times, 2 January 2008 "Keep President Fijian" Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Robert Matau, Fiji Times, 7 January...
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Pidgin Fijian (also known as Jargon Fijian, Fijian Pidgin, Broken Fijian) was a plantation language used by iTaukei (Indigenous) Fijians and foreigners...
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