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	unknown (16,000 cited 1981)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Central Pacific East Fijian Lauan
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)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Lauan". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Fiji

Official languages	English Fijian Hindi

Indigenous languages	East Fijian Gilbertese Gone Dau Lauan Lomaiviti Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua Rotuman Western Fijian

Fijian–Polynesian languages

Polynesian

East

Marquesic	Hawaiian Mangerevan Marquesan

Tahitic	Austral Māori Moriori Penrhyn Rakahanga-Manihiki Rarotongan Tahitian Tuamotuan

Other	Rapa Rapa Nui

West

Samoic	Niuatoputapu Pukapuka Samoan Tokelauan

Ellicean	Kapingamarangi Nukumanu Nukuoro Nukuria Ontong Java Sikaiana Takuu Tuvaluan Vaeakau-Taumako

Futunic	Anuta Emae Futunan Futuna-Aniwan Mele-Fila Pukapukan Rennellese Tikopia Wallisian West Uvean

Tongic

Fijian

East	Fijian Gone Dau Lauan Lomaiviti

West	Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua Western Fijian

Other

Rotuman

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