Fijian Language - Orthography

Orthography

The Fijian alphabet is based on the Latin script and consists of the following letters.

A B C D E F G I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

a b c d e f g i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w y

Among the consonants, there is almost a one-to-one correspondence between letters and phonemes:

In addition, the digraph dr stands for postalveolar, or a prenasalized trill in careful pronunciation, or more commonly for some people and in some dialects.

The vowel letters a e i o u have roughly their IPA values, . The vowel length contrast is not usually indicated in writing, except in dictionaries and textbooks for learners of the language, where it is indicated by a macron over the vowel in question; Dixon, in the work cited below, doubles all long vowels in his spelling system. Diphthongs are ai au ei eu oi ou and iu, pronounced .