Fiji Hindi
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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.
Aliases (2)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan language
→
creole-like Hindustani lect → language variety → |
| alternativeName |
Fiji Baat
→
Fiji Hindi language → Fiji Hindustani → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Caribbean Hindustani
→
Mauritian 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 → |
| historicalPeriod |
early 20th century
→
late 19th century → |
| influencedBy |
English
→
Fijian language → Standard Hindi → Urdu → |
| 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 → |
Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Fiji Hindi
("Fiji Hindustani")
→
Fiji Hindi ("Fiji Hindi language") → |
alternativeName |
|
Fijian New Zealanders
→
Vanua Levu → |
languageSpoken |
|
Sarnami Hindustani
→
|
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Suva
→
|
commonLanguage |
|
Viti Levu
→
|
hasMainLanguage |
|
Indo-Aryan languages
→
|
includesLanguage |
|
Parliament of Fiji
→
|
language |
|
Port of Suva
→
|
languageUsed |
|
Fiji
→
|
officialLanguage |