Gone Dau language

Gone Dau
Gone Dau
Native to	Fiji
Region	Gone and Dau Islands, Eastern Fiji
Native speakers	(690 cited 2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Central Pacific East Fijian Gone Dau; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	goo
Glottolog	gone1237

Gone Dau (pronounced [ŋo.ne ⁿdɔu̯]) is an East Fijian language spoken by about 500 people on the islands of Galoa and Tavea in the Gone Dau islands off the coast of Western Vanua Levu^[2], Fiji.^[3]

References

^ Gone Dau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Geraghty, Paul (May 1979). Topics in Fijian language history. Academics.edu (PhD thesis). University of Hawaii. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
^ Frawley, W. (2003). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics: 4-Volume Set. International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 480. ISBN 978-0-19-513977-8. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

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[e18-1] Gone Dau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Geraghty, Paul (May 1979). Topics in Fijian language history. Academics.edu (PhD thesis). University of Hawaii. Retrieved October 10, 2025.

[3] Frawley, W. (2003). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics: 4-Volume Set. International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 480. ISBN 978-0-19-513977-8. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

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