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Rotuman (Fäeag Rotuma)
Native to: Fiji
Region: Rotuma
Native speakers: 7,500 (2002)
Language family: Austronesian
ISO 639-3: rtm
Glottolog: rotu1241

Rotuman (Fäeag Rotuma)

Rotuman is a member of the Oceanic branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family on the Rotuma islands in Fiji. In 2002 there were about 7,500 speakers of Rotuman, which is also known as Rotunan or Rutuma.

Rotuman was first written by French and English missionaries, who developed different spelling systems for the language. Today the system invented by the English Methodist missionary Reverend C. M. Churchward in the 1920s and 1930s is generally used. He also produced the "Rotuman Grammar and Dictionary".

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Links
Information about the Rotuman language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotuman_language
http://www.rotuma.net/os/Language.html
http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-1879.html

Online Rotuman lessons
http://www.hawaii.edu/oceanic/rotuma/os/LanguageLessons/lessons.htm

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