Lauan

LLX

vigorous

Alternate Names: Lau

Dialects: Lau, Vanua Balavu. Middle East Fijian dialect chain; a subgroup of dialects. Similarities to Bau Fijian; may be inherently intelligible with it.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
Central Pacific
East Fijian-Polynesian
East Fijian

Demographics: 16,000 (Geraghty and Pawley 1981).

Nation of Origin: Fiji

Other Comments: Traditional religion.