Fijians
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Fijians () are a nation and Austronesian ethnic group native to Fiji, who speak Fijian and English and share a common history and culture.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- iTaukei Indigenous Fijians
- Ethnic group.native_name
- kaiViti
- Ethnic group.image
- File:Fijian Dance (9623237739).jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Fijian dance
- Ethnic group.pop
- 615,000
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 475,739
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 96,960
- Ethnic group.pop3
- <40,000
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 25,180
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 25,038
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 20,000
- Ethnic group.pop7
- 1,000
- Ethnic group.pop8
- 1,000
- Ethnic group.pop9
- 342
- Ethnic group.pop10
- 47
- Ethnic group.pop11
- 41
- Ethnic group.pop12
- 16
- Ethnic group.rels
- Christian (Methodist 66.6%; Roman Catholic 13.3%; Assemblies of God 6.2%; Seventh-day Adventist 5.1%, other 8.8%).
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Fijians () are a nation and Austronesian ethnic group native to Fiji, who speak Fijian and English and share a common history and culture.
Fijians, or iTaukei, are the major indigenous people of the Fiji Islands of Melanesia. Indigenous Fijians are believed to have arrived in Fiji from western Melanesia approximately 3,500 years ago and are the descendants of the Lapita people. Later they would move onward to other surrounding islands, including Rotuma, as well as settling in other nearby islands such as Tonga and Samoa. They are indigenous to all parts of Fiji except the island of Rotuma. The original settlers are now called "Lapita people" after a distinctive pottery produced locally. Lapita pottery was found in the area from 800 BCE onward.