Gilbertese language
language from the Austronesian family
The Gilbertese language is an Austronesian language spoken in Kiribati, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Gilbertese | |
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Kiribati | |
Taetae ni Kiribati | |
Native to | Kiribati |
Native speakers | (120,000 cited 1988–2010)[1] |
Latin script (Kiribati alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Kiribati |
Regulated by | Kiribati Language Board |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | gil |
ISO 639-3 | gil |
Glottolog | gilb1244 |
References
change- ↑ Gilbertese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)