Bau Fijian is an official language of Fiji and it's the most widely used
Fijian language. As the Fijian belongs to the Austronesian family of languages so variety of local dialects are popular but the Bau Fijian has got priority because it came from the well known
Bau Island Fiji.
This
Fijian language is the first and the foremost official language of Fiji and the other two are the English and Hindustani. The word Austronesian is derived from the Greek word and it means Southern island. The
Fijian language has effect on all the other prevalent dialects of Fiji and its quiet visible in their pronunciation. The English language of Fiji is highly influenced by the Bau Fijian and most of the colloquial terms and phrases are included in the English even.
Fijian Language is the first language of the inhabitants of the Fiji and they mostly belong to the Malayo-Polynesian family and almost cover 350,000 of the population. The Consonant phonemes of the
Bau Fijian is different from the English one as the sound of ( p and f) occurs in loanwords and the alphabets (x and h) occurs very rarely in certain regions of the country. The
Bau Fijian alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet and among the consonants there is mostly one to one correspondence between the letters.
Normally the
Fiji Language is in Verb subject order ( VOS ) and still English is the popular language in the education and work scenario so debate is going on to the usage of
Bau Fijian.
