Ethnicity, Language, & Religion of Fiji
Ethnicity
About 60% of Fiji's population is ethnically Fijian, people who are primarily Melanesian, but have significant traces of Polynesian in them (and are perhaps more similar to Polynesia from a cultural perspective). This mix of Melanesian and Polynesian make the people of New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu their closest relatives. However, the Fijians have significant amounts of Polynesian blood in them and this is makes them related to the Tongans and Samoans among others.
Nearly 40% of the population is ethnically Indian, although this is a general term for people descended from the Indian sub-continent more than it is an ethnicity. These people belong to various ethnic groups in Indian and today nearly all of these people are a combination of numerous Indian ethnicities.
Another 1% of the population is considered Rotuman, which is a unique ethnic group that lives on the islands of Rotuma. These people are truly a combination of Melanesian, Polynesian, and Micronesian, but again these people are most closely associated with the Polynesians culturally as they view Samoa as the birthplace of their ancestors.