Fijian people
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| Fijians | |
|---|---|
| Total population | c. 500,000 |
| Regions with significant populations | Fiji |
| Language | Fijian, English |
| Religion | Methodist 66.6%; Roman Catholic 13.3%; Assemblies of God 6.2%; Seventh-day Adventist 5.1%; other 8.8%. <tr><th style="background-color:#fee8ab;">Related ethnic groups</th><td style="background-color:#fff6d9;">Native Hawaiians, Māori, Samoans, other Melanesian peoples, Polynesian peoples, other Austronesian peoples</td> </tr> |
Fijians are the major indigenous people of the Fiji Islands. They are indigenous to all parts of Fiji except the island of Rotuma. As of 2005, they constitute slightly more than half of the Fijian population.
Indigenous Fijians are overwhelmingly Christian, with the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma claiming the loyalty of 66.6% at the 1996 census (the latest available). Other significant denominations include the Roman Catholic Church (13.3%), the Assemblies of God (6.2%) and the Seventh-day Adventists (5.1%). About 8% belong to other churches from a large number of denominations. About 0.8% follow non-Christian religions or no religion.
Fijians are predominantly of Melanesian extraction, with some Polynesian admixture; the Fijian language belongs to the Melanesian branch of the Austronesian family.
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Ethnic groups in Fiji | Cultures in the standard cross cultural sample