Western Fijian language
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Oceanic language spoken in Fiji
| Western Fijian | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Fiji |
| Region | western half of Viti Levu, Yasawa Islands and Mamanuca Islands |
Native speakers | (57,000 cited 1977)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wyy |
| Glottolog | west2519 |
Western Fijian, also known as Wayan[2]: 212 is an Oceanic language spoken in Fiji by about 57,000 people.
It is distinct from Eastern Fijian (also known as Bauan or Standard Fijian).
Phonology
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | ||||||
Nasal
|
m mː | n | ŋ | ŋʷ | |||
Plosive
|
voiced/pren. | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdʒ | ᵑɡ | ᵑɡʷ | |
| voiceless | t | tʃ | k | kʷ | (ʔ) | ||
Fricative
|
voiced | β | ð | ||||
| voiceless | s | h | |||||
| Trill | r ⁿr | ||||||
Approximant
|
w | l | j | ||||
/mː/ is heard in the Wayan dialect.[2]: 212
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
High
|
i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
Low
|
a aː |
Most Fijian languages have a unique
bilabial nasal (/m/).[2]
: 212
References
- ^ Western Fijian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ ISBN 978-0858836020.
- ^ Geraghty, Paul (2002). "Nadrogā". In Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm; Crowley, Terry (eds.). The Oceanic Languages. Richmond: Curzon. pp. 833–847.
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- † indicates extinct status
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