Lauan language
| Lauan (Lau) | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Fiji (Islands Lau, Nayau, Lakeba, Oneata, Moce, Komo, Namuka, Kabara, Vulaga, Ogea and Vatoa) | |
| speaker | 16,000 (1981) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
llx |
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Lauanisch is a ostfidschianische language used by about 16,000 people on a group of islands in eastern Fiji is spoken.
The distribution area of the Lauan language is the province of Lau and the associated islands of Lau, Nayau, Lakeba , Oneata, Moce, Komo, Namuka, Kabara, Vulaga, Ogea and Vatoa. However, its range has been shrinking recently, as Lauan is being displaced more and more by the Fijian official language English , which is taught in schools, as well as by Hindustani , Fiji Hindi and the Fijian languages . Due to the higher social prestige of these languages, speakers are increasingly forgetting their own language, Lauan.
Variants of the languages are the Lau and the Vanua Balavu.
Web links
- ethnologue report under the language code llx