Lauan language
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This article is about a language spoken in Fiji. For a language spoken in Solomon Islands, see Lau language (Malaita).
Lauan | ||
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Spoken in: | Fiji | |
Region: | Lau, Nayau, Lakeba, Oneata, Moce, Komo, Namuka, Kabara, Vulaga, Ogea, Vatoa islands | |
Total speakers: | 16,000 (1981 P. Geraghty) | |
Language family: | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Central-Eastern MP Eastern MP Oceanic Central-Eastern Oceanic Remote Oceanic Central Pacific East Fijian-Polynesian East Fijian Lauan |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | – | |
ISO 639-3: | llx | |
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. |
Lauan is an East Fijian language spoken by about 16,000 people on a number of islands of eastern Fiji.