Fijian

Japanese: Fijian
Fijian

...In the following, the same applies to Melanesian and Polynesian languages), a dozen languages ​​such as Gilbertese, Marshallese, Nauruan, Truk, and Ponapese belong to this Oceanic family, while Chamorro (Mariana Islands), Palauan, and Yapese belong to the Indonesian family. In the Melanesian languages, several hundred languages ​​such as Motu (around Port Moresby), Tolai (around Rabaul), Harian (Bougainville Island), South Efate (around Port Vila, Republic of Vanuatu), Dehu (Rifu Island, Loyalty Islands), and Fijian also belong to this family, but many languages ​​distributed in the interior and southern coast of New Guinea do not belong to the Austronesian family either. In the Polynesian languages, Hawaiian, Tahitian, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Maori (New Zealand, etc.), Samoan, and Tongan all belong to this family.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Fijian" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…以下,メラネシア諸語,ポリネシア諸語も同様)では,ギルバート語,マーシャル語,ナウル語,トラック語,ポナペ語など十数の言語がこのオセアニア語派に属するが,チャモロ語(マリアナ諸島),パラウ語,ヤップ語はインドネシア語派に属する。メラネシア諸語では,モトゥ語(ポート・モレスビー周辺),トライ語(ラバウル周辺),ハリア語(ブーゲンビル島),南エファテ語(バヌアツ共和国ポートビラ周辺),デフ語(ローヤルティ諸島リフ島),フィジー語Fijianなど数百の言語がやはりこの語派に属するが,ニューギニア島の内陸部と南岸部に分布する多くの言語はアウストロネシア語族にも属さない。ポリネシア諸語は,ハワイ語,タヒチ語,ラパヌイ語(イースター島),マオリ語(ニュージーランドなど),サモア語,トンガ語などすべてがこの語派に属する。…

※「Fijian」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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