Austronesian family
Fijian
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Fijian (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Austronesian language. Lineage: Proto-Austronesian → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian → Proto-Oceanic → Proto-Central Pacific → Fijian.
See Fijian on the interactive map- Speakers
- 340K (340,000)
- ISO 639-3
- fij
- Glottocode
- fiji1243
Standard Fijian, based on the Bauan dialect. Speaker count is L1; a similar number speak it as L2. Start date is nominal.
Lineage
- Proto-Austronesianc. 3,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE
- Proto-Oceanicc. 1,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Proto-Central Pacificc. 1,000 BCE – 800 BCE
- Fijianc. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Central Pacific.