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Gilbertese (Gilbertese: taetae ni Kiribati), also Kiribati (sometimes Kiribatese), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages. The word Kiribati, the current name of the islands, is the local adaptation of the European name "Gilberts" to Gilbertese phonology.
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Kiribati (/ ˈ k ɪr ɪ b æ s / ⓘ KIRR-i-bass, [10] Gilbertese:), officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: Ribaberiki Kiribati), [11] [12] [3] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 as of the 2020 census, and more than half live on Tarawa atoll.
Provides an overview of Kiribati, including key dates and facts about this Pacific island country.
Articles on the languages of Kiribati. Pages in category "Languages of Kiribati" This category contains only the following page.
Gilbertese – Taetae ni Kiribati Official language in: Kiribati; Godoberi – ГъибдилӀи Mицци, Ɣibdiƛi Micci Spoken in: the southwest area of the Russian autonomous republic of Dagestan; Gondi – गोण्डि, గోణ్డి Spoken in: India; Gorontalo – Bahasa Hulontalo Spoken in: Gorontalo, Indonesia
The Gilbertese (Kiribati), Tongan, Tahitian, Māori and Tolai (Gazelle Peninsula) languages each have over 100,000 speakers. The common ancestor which is reconstructed for this group of languages is called Proto-Oceanic (abbr. "POc").