Fijian, Western

WYY

vigorous

Alternate Names: Fiji, Nadrogaa

Dialects: Nuclear Western Fijian (Baaravi, Nadrogaa, Tubaniwai), Waya (Magodro, Nakoroboya, Noikoro).

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
Central Pacific
West Fijian-Rotuman
West Fijian

Demographics: 57,000 (1977 P. Lincoln). 38,500 in Waya (Waya and Ba-Navosa), 18,500 in Nadroga.

Nation of Origin: Fiji