Rotuman

A language of Fiji

ISO 639: rtm
Alternate Names: Rotuna, Rutuman
Population: 7,500 (Schmidt, H. 2002).
Location:: Rotuma Dependency: Rotuma island, about 450 km northwest of Vanua Levu.
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].

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