Lauan language
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Oceanic language spoken in Fiji
This article is about a language spoken in Fiji. For a language spoken in Solomon Islands, see Lau language (Malaita).
Lauan | |
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Native to | Fiji |
Region | Lau, Nayau, Lakeba, Oneata, Moce, Komo, Namuka, Kabara, Vulaga, Ogea, Vatoa islands |
Native speakers | (16,000 cited 1981)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | llx |
Glottolog | laua1243 |
Lauan is an East Fijian language spoken by about 16,000 people on a number of islands of eastern Fiji.
References[edit]
- ^ Lauan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
External links[edit]
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Lauan language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
- Kaipuleohone has an archive of Lauan written materials
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