Kiribati language

E48643
Austronesian language Micronesian language Oceanic language

The Kiribati language, also known as Gilbertese, is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kiribati language canonical 6
Gilbertese language 3
Kiribatese 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Micronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
alternativeName Gilbertese language group ⓘ
surface form: Gilbertese
closelyRelatedTo Marshallese language ⓘ
Nauruan ⓘ
surface form: Nauruan language
coOfficialWith English language ⓘ
countryOfPrimaryUse Kiribati ⓘ
glottologCode gilm1244 ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Gilbertese language ⓘ
Kiribati language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kiribatese
hasDialects Banaban variety ⓘ
Northern Kiribati dialects ⓘ
Southern Kiribati dialects ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom English ⓘ
surface form: English language

Samoan language ⓘ
Tuvaluan language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system ⓘ
geminate consonants ⓘ
stress on penultimate syllable (in many words) ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
ISO639-1Code ki ⓘ
ISO639-2Code gil ⓘ
ISO639-3Code gil ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Micronesian languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
nativeName te taetae ni Kiribati ⓘ
officialStatusIn Kiribati ⓘ
region Central Pacific ⓘ
Micronesia ⓘ
spokenIn Fiji ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ
Kiribati ⓘ
Nauru ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
Tuvalu ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
usedFor church services in Kiribati ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ
usedIn administration in Kiribati ⓘ
education in Kiribati ⓘ
media in Kiribati ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingStandardizedIn 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Oceania → hasOfficialLanguage → Kiribati language ⓘ
Micronesia → hasLanguage → Kiribati language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilbertese language
Gilbertese language group → hasMember → Kiribati language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilbertese language
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages → closelyRelatedTo → Kiribati language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilbertese language
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages → includesLanguage → Kiribati language ⓘ
Kiribati language → hasAlternativeSpelling → Kiribati language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiribatese
Micronesian languages → hasLanguage → Kiribati language ⓘ
Marshallese language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Kiribati language ⓘ
Gilbertese language → alternativeName → Kiribati language ⓘ
Naoero language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Kiribati language ⓘ