Fijians, not surprisingly, speak Fijian. That is their mother tongue and the one they use most of the time. There are some 300 different dialects but also one variation they all learn which is considered standard Fijian. In addition, the Indo-Fijians, those descendents of the indentured servants brought from India to work the plantations, speak a variation of Hindi known as Fiji-Hindi. Fortunately for us, nearly all the residents of this former British colony also speak English to at least some extent. And all the signs and official forms are in English. So we have it easy here. We try to say “bula” instead of “hello,” and “vanaka” instead of “thank you,” but if we forget it’s no big deal. Usually the locals take one look at our skin pigmentation and switch to English anyway.
All signs are in English, making it easy for "bona fide visitors"_
Where else can you get your photocopies, 2nd hand books and meat all in one shop?
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