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Fijians are the major indigenous people of the Fiji Islands . They are indigenous to all parts of Fiji except the island of Rotuma . As of 2005 , they constitute slightly more than half of the Fijian Population . Indigenous Fijians are overwhelmingly Christian , with the Methodist Church claiming the loyalty of 66.6 % at the 1996 Census (the latest available). Other significant denominations include the Roman Catholic Church (13.3 %), the Assemblies Of God (6.2 %) and the Seventh-day Adventists (5.1 %). About 8 % belong to other churches from a large number of denominations. About 0.8 % follow non-Christian religions, or no religion. Fijians are predominantly of Melanesian extraction, with some Polynesian admixture; the Fijian Language belongs to the Melanesian branch of the Austronesian family. |
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