Back Ратума (народ) Byelorussian Rotumanos Spanish Rotumalaiset Finnish Ротума Kazakh 로투마족 Korean Rotumai Lithuanian Ротума (народ) Russian 罗图马人 Chinese
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (April 2020) |
 Rotumans distribution in Fiji (2017 census) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 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]
- ^ "2018 Census ethnic group summaries | Stats NZ".
- ^ Hannan, Agnes (2009). "Rotumans in Australia". Social Alternatives. 28 (4): 34–38. ProQuest 213964920.
- ^ "Rotuma and Valedictory". 29 November 2017.
- ^ "The Rotuman People | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 May 2019.