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 |
| Fiji Hindi language | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
creole-like Hindustani lect ⓘ language variety ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Fiji Baat
ⓘ
Fiji Hindi ⓘ
surface form:
Fiji Hindi language
Fiji Hindi ⓘ
surface form:
Fiji Hindustani
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Sarnami Hindustani
ⓘ
surface form:
Caribbean Hindustani
Bhojpuri ⓘ
surface form:
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 alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| historicalPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
English
ⓘ
Fijian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Fijian language
Hindi ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Hindi
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| languageFamily |
Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
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 (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Suva
this entity surface form:
Fiji Hindustani
this entity surface form:
Fiji Hindi language
this entity surface form:
Fiji Hindustani
this entity surface form:
Fiji Bhasha