Fiji Hindi

E41179

Fiji Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Indo-Fijian community in Fiji, developed from dialects of North Indian languages brought by indentured laborers and influenced by English and Fijian.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Fiji Hindi canonical 40
Fiji Hindustani 2
Fiji Bhasha 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
creole-like Hindustani lect
language variety
alternativeName Fiji Baat
Fiji Hindi language
linked to: Fiji Hindi

Fiji Hindustani
linked to: Fiji Hindi
closelyRelatedTo Caribbean Hindustani
linked to: Sarnami Hindustani

Mauritian Bhojpuri
linked to: Bhojpuri
developedFrom Awadhi
Bhojpuri
other North Indian Hindi dialects
hasGlottocode fiji1243
hasGrammaticalFeature reduced gender distinctions
simplified verb conjugation
hasISOCode hif
hasLexicalSource English loanwords
Fijian loanwords
North Indian Hindi dialects
Urdu loanwords
hasLinguasphereCode 59-AAF-df
hasPhonologicalFeature simplified consonant clusters compared to Standard Hindi
hasSociolinguisticFeature often stigmatized compared to Standard Hindi
used as identity marker of Indo-Fijians
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
historicalPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
influencedBy English
Fijian language
linked to: Fijian languages

Standard Hindi
linked to: Hindi

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
notOfficialLanguageOf Fiji
originatedFrom speech of Indian indentured labourers in Fiji
primaryRegion Vanua Levu
Viti Levu
spokenBy Indo-Fijians
spokenIn Fiji
status lingua franca of Indo-Fijians
minority language in Fiji
subgroupOf Eastern Hindi languages
usedByReligion Christian Indo-Fijian communities
Hindu communities in Fiji
Muslim communities in Fiji
usedIn Indo-Fijian homes
Indo-Fijian media
Indo-Fijian religious practices
informal education contexts

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fiji officialLanguage Fiji Hindi
Suva commonLanguage Fiji Hindi
subject linked to: Suva, Fiji
Fiji Hindi alternativeName Fiji Hindustani
linked to: Fiji Hindi
Fiji Hindi alternativeName Fiji Hindi language
linked to: Fiji Hindi
Parliament of Fiji language Fiji Hindi
Port of Suva languageUsed Fiji Hindi
Viti Levu hasMainLanguage Fiji Hindi
Vanua Levu languageSpoken Fiji Hindi
Rewa Province language Fiji Hindi
Fiji Museum languageOfWorkOrName Fiji Hindi
Fiji Baat alternateName Fiji Hindi
Fiji Baat alternateName Fiji Hindustani
linked to: Fiji Hindi
Fiji Baat alternateName Fiji Bhasha
linked to: Fiji Hindi
Fiji Baat hasEthnologueName Fiji Hindi
Indo-Fijians language Fiji Hindi
Levuka hasLanguage Fiji Hindi
Western Hindi hasDialect Fiji Hindi
Sigatoka languageUsed Fiji Hindi
Ba hasLanguage Fiji Hindi
Navua languageSpoken Fiji Hindi
Tavuki countryOfficialLanguage Fiji Hindi
Muanisolo hasSecondaryLanguage Fiji Hindi
Sitiveni Rabuka languageSpoken Fiji Hindi
Cabinet of Fiji languageUsed Fiji Hindi
Nadi languageSpoken Fiji Hindi
Lautoka languageCommon Fiji Hindi
Western Division, Fiji language Fiji Hindi
Nausori languageSpoken Fiji Hindi
Lomaiviti Islands languageSpoken Fiji Hindi