Fijian
Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken in Fiji
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Summary
Fijian is a language[1]. Fijian ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,719 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Fiji[3]
- Instance of: modern language[4]
- Subclass of: East Fijian[5]
- Writing system: Latin script[6], Devanagari[7], Latin alphabet[8]
- Commons category: Fijian language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: fj[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Fijian language[11]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 341,270[12], 320,000[13], 330,000[14], 10,000[15], 1500[16], 20,000[17]
- Native label: vosa Vakaviti[18]
- UNESCO language status: 1 safe[19]
- Indigenous to: Fiji[20], Kadavu[21]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/FIJ[22]
- Ethnologue language status: 4 Educational[23]
- Linguistic typology: verb–object–subject[24]
- Maintained by WikiProject: Obelepédia[25]
- Category for music in this language: Category:Fijian-language music[26]
- P14541: 3qUiaC[27]
Why It Matters
Fijian has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Fijian is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]