Rotuman

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A language of Fiji

ISO 639-3
rtm
Alternate Names
Rotuna, Rutuman
User Population

7,500 (Schmidt, H. 2002).

Location

Rotuma Dependency: Rotuma island, about 450 km northwest of Vanua Levu.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, West Fijian-Rotuman, Rotuman
Dialects

No dialect differences (Schmidt, H. 2002).

Typology

SVO; noun head initial; dual number; 6 articles; 14 consonants and 10 vowels; stress on the penultimate syllable; inclusive/exclusive pronouns; very productive metathesis and complex morphophonemics.

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1999.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Rotuman
Writing

Latin script [Latn].