Rotuman

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Rotuman

Summary

Rotuman is a natural language[1]. Rotuman draws 272 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #248 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rotuman is in the country of Fiji[3].
  • Rotuman's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Rotuman's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Rotuman is a type of West Fijian–Rotuman[6].
  • Rotuman's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
  • Rotuman's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rotuman language[8].
  • Rotuman's described at URL is recorded as https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=116[9].
  • Rotuman's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+9000'}[10].
  • Rotuman's native label is recorded as Fäeag Rotuḁm[11].
  • Rotuman's UNESCO language status is recorded as 2 vulnerable[12].
  • Rotuman's indigenous to is recorded as Rotuma[13].
  • Rotuman's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/RTM[14].
  • Rotuman's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6b Threatened[15].
  • Rotuman's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[16].
  • Rotuman's category for films in this language is recorded as Category:Rotuman-language films[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4] and modern language[5]. Rotuman is a type of West Fijian–Rotuman[6].

Why It Matters

Rotuman draws 272 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #248 of 734).[2] Rotuman has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Rotuman is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM257192
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14249]]: SM257192, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788904550532"
  2. 14w ago · C960657 · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → rotumansk
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: rotumansk"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Fiji
    Instance of → —
    Indigenous to → Rotuma
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546159005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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