Language · Austronesian
Fijian
na vosa vakaViti – its own name
Listed in 1 country.
Endangerment: not endangered according to Glottolog (AES, CC BY 4.0)
- Speakers (estimate)
- c. 371 thousand
- sum over countries per CLDR, including second-language users
- Script
- Latin
Place in the family tree
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Oceanic
- Central Pacific linkage
- Tokalau Fijian
- Eastern Fijian
- Nuclear Eastern Fijian
- Viwa-Lomaiviti-East Viti Levu
- Fijian
Nodes of the Glottolog tree (Glottolog, CC BY 4.0).
Where it is spoken
- Legally recognised 1
Legally recognised
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Fiji
39%
371 thousand
The Constitution provides for its translation into this language and for teaching it in schools; it is not official.
Legal basis: Constitution of Fiji (2013) – Constitute Project, English translation