Monday, August 16, 2010

[pima.nius] FIJI: Academic casts doubt on use of 'iTaukei' for indigenous Fijian

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Title – 6980 FIJI: Academic casts doubt on use of 'iTaukei' for indigenous Fijian
Date – 17 August 2010
Byline – None
Origin – Pacific Media Watch
Source – Radio NZ International, 16/08/10
Copyright – RNZI
Status – Unabridged
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FIJI ACADEMIC DOUBTS PEOPLE WILL DROP FIJIAN FOR ITAUKEI
www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=55331

SUVA (Radio NZ International/Pacific Media Watch): A Fiji academic says people are unlikely to adopt the word iTaukei to describe indigenous Fijians.

A recent decree by the interim government will change all written laws by deleting the word "Fijian" wherever it appears and replacing it with the word "iTaukei".

The Ministry of Indigenous Affairs is also now called the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs.

Linguist Dr Paul Geraghty, from the University of the South Pacific, says most people in Fiji don't speak English, so they are likely to continue using the Fijian and Fiji Hindi words.

"It's like anywhere in the world. If the government tells people to say something or not to say something, then very rarely do the people take any notice. The only people that will take notice are the ones whose jobs depend on it, so yes, in official documents, civil servants and so forth, they will follow this decree. But people in the street? I don't think it will make any way."

The University of the South Pacific's Dr Paul Geraghty.

 
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