Gilbertese language

Gilbertese
Kiribati
Taetae ni Kiribati
Native toKiribati
Native speakers
(120,000 cited 1988–2010)[1]
Austronesian
Latin script (Kiribati alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
Kiribati
Regulated byKiribati Language Board
Language codes
ISO 639-2gil
ISO 639-3gil
Glottologgilb1244

The Gilbertese language is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati, but also in Fiji, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Gilbertese is written in the Latin script.

References

  1. ↑ Gilbertese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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