ISO 639-3 · fijfij
Austronesian family
Fijian
vosa Vakaviti
Fijian is a language of the East Fijian branch (Austronesian), spoken in Fiji. Wikidata counts 341,270 first-language speakers (1996) and 320,000 who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken in Fiji”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
fij- ISO 639-1
fj- Glottocode
fiji1243- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- -18.00, 178.00
- Wikipedia
- 84 language editions
341,270first-language speakers
320,000second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
9levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Fijian · vosa Vakaviti |
|---|---|
| Also called | Fijian language, Na Vosa Vakaviti |
| L1 speakers | 341,270 (1996) |
| L2 speakers | 320,000 (1996) |
| Written in | Latin script, Devanagari |
| Official in | Fiji |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Fijian
The branches above Fijian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Fiji
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalhinHindiIndo-European · 615.3 m1 · NationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafehifFiji HindiIndo-European · 380,0003 · Wider CommunicationtonTonganAustronesian · 186,0101 · NationalrtmRotumanAustronesian · 9,0006b · ThreatenedwyyWestern FijianAustronesian · 5,0006a · VigorousbwbNamosi-Naitasiri-Seruaunclassified6a · Vigorous