Lauan language
This article is about a language spoken in Fiji. For a language spoken in Solomon Islands, see Lau language (Malaita).
| Lauan | |
|---|---|
| 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[2] |
Lauan is an East Fijian language spoken by about 16,000 people on a number of islands of eastern Fiji.
References
- ↑ Lauan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Lauan". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
External links
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Lauan language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
- Kaipuleohone has an archive of Lauan written materials
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