This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (April 2020) |
Total population | |
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c. 25,000[citation needed] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Fiji ( Rotuma) | unknown |
New Zealand | 981[1] |
Australia | 550[2] - 1,000[3] |
Languages | |
Rotuman, English | |
Religion | |
Methodism, Seventh-day Adventist, Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Samoans, Tongans, Fijians, other Pacific peoples |
The Rotumans (Rotuman: Rotuạm; Fijian: Ro) are a Polynesian ethnic group native to Rotuma, an island group forming part of Fiji.[4] The island itself is a cultural melting pot at the crossroads of the Micronesian, Melanesian and Polynesian divisions of the Pacific Ocean, and due to the seafaring nature of traditional Pacific cultures, the indigenous Rotuman have adopted or share many aspects of its multifaceted culture with its Melanesian, Micronesian and Polynesian neighbours.[citation needed]