Gilbertese language group

E26702
Micronesian language group language family

The Gilbertese language group is a subfamily of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Kiribati and nearby Pacific islands, characterized by closely related Micronesian languages.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Gilbertese 2
Kiribati language group 1

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Micronesian language group ⓘ
language family ⓘ
characterizedBy closely related Micronesian languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ
Kosraean language ⓘ
Marshallese language group ⓘ
surface form: Marshallese language

Nauruan ⓘ
surface form: Nauruan language
geneticClassification Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian

Micronesian ⓘ
Oceanic ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Gilbertese language group ⓘ
surface form: Kiribati language group
hasMember Kiribati language ⓘ
surface form: Gilbertese language
languageBranchOf Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ
surface form: Nuclear Micronesian languages
partOf Oceanic languages ⓘ
primaryCountry Kiribati ⓘ
region Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Micronesia ⓘ
spokenIn Central Pacific ⓘ
Kiribati ⓘ
Pacific Islands ⓘ
subfamilyOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
Micronesian languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
verb–subject–object word order ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kiribati language → alternativeName → Gilbertese language group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilbertese
Gilbertese language group → hasAlternativeName → Gilbertese language group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiribati language group
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Gilbertese language group ⓘ
Kiribati → officialLanguage → Gilbertese language group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilbertese