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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.
A Combined Kiribati-English Dictionary compiled by Stephen Trussel and Gordon W. Groves, University of Hawaii, 1978. Plants of Kiribati: A Listing and Analysis of Vernacular Names by R. R. Thaman. Atoll Research Journal No. 296. Issued by the Smithsonian Institution, August 1987. Page 10. Kiribati Communications
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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.
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Kiribati is a nation in the Pacific Ocean. Kiribati may also refer to: I ...
Regardless of its etymological roots, Kiribati is the word actually used and is so far removed from the original that only etymologists would know. It is the actual UN-gazetted English name, which is why, at the Olympics, or the Commonwealth games the team comes in under the, English, name Kiribati.
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The Gilbert Islands (Gilbertese: Tungaru; [2] formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill Islands [3]) are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Papua New Guinea and Hawaii.