Fiji Hindi
| Fiji Hindi (Fiji Hindi) | ||
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Spoken in |
 Fiji
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| speaker | 380,000 | |
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| Official language in |
Fiji
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Fiji Hindi ( English Fiji Hindi ), also known as Fijian Hindi or Fijian Hindustani , is a language spoken by most of Fiji's citizens of Indian descent. It is mainly derived from the Awadhi and Bhojpuri languages or dialects of Hindi and also contains words from other Indian languages.
Fiji Hindi has also borrowed a large number of words from Fiji and English . The relationship between Fiji Hindi and Hindustani is similar to the relationship between Afrikaans and the Dutch language . What is unique about Fiji Hindi is that a large number of words were created to adapt to the new environment. First generation Fiji Indians use the language, also known as Fiji Baat , as the lingua franca. Recent research by linguists has confirmed that Fiji Hindi is a dialect that, although based on Hindi, unlike Hindi in India, has its own grammar and vocabulary of its own that is suitable for Fiji.
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Wikipedia | - the free encyclopedia in Fiji-Hindi |
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Wiktionary | - the free dictionary in Fiji-Hindi |