Fijian
vosa Vakaviti
Fijian is an Austronesian language spoken in Fiji, by about 341.3 thousand people.
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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 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.
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Written down
Era sucu ena galala na tamata yadua, era tautauvata ena nodra dokai kei na nodra dodonu. E tiko na nodra vakasama kei na nodra lewaeloma, sa dodonu mera veidokadokai ena yalo ni veitacini.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Fijian
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | tina | |
| father | tama | |
| man | tagane | |
| woman | marama | |
| eye | mata | |
| ear | daliga | |
| tooth | bati | |
| heart | uto | |
| knee | duru | |
| liver | yate | |
| water | wai | |
| fire | buka | |
| sun | siga | |
| moon | vula | |
| star | kalo kalo | |
| rain | uca | |
| wind | cagi | |
| mountain | ulunivanua | |
| sea | wasa | |
| tree | kau | |
| leaf | drau | |
| dog | koli | |
| cat | pusi | |
| fish | ika | |
| bird | mahumanu | |
| horse | ose | |
| pig | vuaka | |
| snake | gata | |
| louse | kutu | |
| one | dua |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Western Viti Levu-Yasawas FijianAustronesian41% alike
- MāngarongaroAustronesian40% alike
- Mele-FilaAustronesian38% alike
- NiueanAustronesian38% alike
- SikaianaAustronesian37% alike
- TikopiaAustronesian35% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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