Western_Fijian_language

Western Fijian language

Western Fijian language

Oceanic language spoken in Fiji

Western Fijian, also known as Wayan[2]: 212  is an Oceanic language spoken in Fiji by about 57,000 people.

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

It is distinct from Eastern Fijian (also known as Bauan or Standard Fijian).

Phonology

More information Labial, Dental/ Alveolar ...

/mː/ is heard in the Wayan dialect.[2]: 212 

More information Front, Central ...

Most Fijian languages have a unique prenasalized alveolar trill, transcribed here as ⟨ⁿr⟩. Western Fijian in particular, is unique among Fijian languages for having labialized velar consonants. All vowels come in long and short forms, and so does the bilabial nasal (/m/).[2]: 212 

References

  1. [1]
    Western Fijian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Blust, R. A; Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University (2009). The Austronesian languages. ISBN 978-0858836020.
  3. [3]
    Geraghty, Paul (2002). "Nadrogā". In Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm; Crowley, Terry (eds.). The Oceanic Languages. Richmond: Curzon. pp. 833–847.


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