11 May 2018

Rotuman Language Week makes debut

From , 3:04 pm on 11 May 2018

Rotuman Language Week has made its official debut on the Pacific language week calendar as part of ongoing efforts to save the language considered endangered by the UN.

The Auckland Rotuma Fellowship Group made the decision to have their own week and planned a range of events that were promoted on social media.

Rotuma is a Polynesian outlier located 646 kms from Suva, and governed by Fiji.

Sara Vui-Talitu has more.

Rotuma Language Week. Ngaire Fuata and Rocky Khan

Rotuma Language Week. Ngaire Fuata and Rocky Khan Photo: RNZ Pacific Sara Vui-Talitu