Is Fiji Hindi same as India?

Fiji Hindi is actually a separate language from the “Standard Hindi” spoken in India. Standard Hindi is based on Brij Bhasha and Khari Boli, two dialects of Hindi spoken in the west of UP and the east of Haryana. Fiji Hindi is different.

Why Fiji has Hindi language?

The development of Fiji Hindi was accelerated by the need for labourers speaking different dialects and sub-dialects of Hindi to work together and the practice of young children being left during working hours in early versions of day care centers.

What is the native language in Fiji?

Fijian
EnglishFiji Hindi
Fiji/Official languages

Is Fiji Hindi a Creole?

It is an Eastern Hindi language, considered to be a dialect of Awadhi that has also been subject to considerable influence by Bhojpuri, other Bihari dialects, and Standard Hindi-Urdu….

Fiji Hindi
Ethnicity	Indo-Fijians and the Indo-Fijian diaspora
Native speakers	(460,000 cited 1991)

How is Fiji Hindi different from Hindi?

There are some basic difference between Fiji Hindi and Indian Hindi. The pronunciation of ‘sh’ is ‘s’, ‘v’ is ‘b’ and ‘ph’ is’f’ in Fiji Hindi. Approx 70\% Fiji people speak this language. Other languages spoken in this country are Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Malayalam and Urdu.

Is Tamil spoken in Fiji?

The South Indians in Fiji are mainly descendants of the 15,132 contract labourers who were brought to Fiji between 1903 and 1916….South Indian Languages.

Language	Number	Percentage
Telugu	318	54.0\%
Tamil	164	27.8\%
Malayalam	31	5.4\%
Kannada	17	2.9\%

In which countries is Hindi spoken?

Apart from India, Hindi is also spoken in other countries including Mauritius, Suriname, Nepal, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, and South Africa….Hindi Speaking Countries.

Rank	Country	Population of Hindi Speakers
1	India	422,048,642
2	Nepal	8,000,000
3	United States	649,000
4	Mauritius	450,170