Kiribati language
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The Kiribati language, also known as Gilbertese, is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific.
Aliases (2)
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
→
Micronesian language → Oceanic language → |
| alternativeName |
Gilbertese
→
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Marshallese language
→
Nauruan language → |
| coOfficialWith |
English language
→
|
| countryOfPrimaryUse |
Kiribati
→
|
| glottologCode |
gilm1244
→
|
| hasAlternativeSpelling |
Gilbertese language
→
Kiribatese → |
| hasDialects |
Banaban variety
→
Northern Kiribati dialects → Southern Kiribati dialects → |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
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 → |
| usedFor |
church services in Kiribati
→
traditional oral literature → |
| usedIn |
administration in Kiribati
→
education in Kiribati → media in Kiribati → |
| writingDirection |
left-to-right
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|
| writingStandardizedIn |
20th century
→
|
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages
("Gilbertese language")
→
|
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Kiribati language
("Kiribatese")
→
|
hasAlternativeSpelling |
|
Micronesia
("Gilbertese language")
→
|
hasLanguage |
|
Gilbertese language group
("Gilbertese language")
→
|
hasMember |
|
Oceania
→
|
hasOfficialLanguage |
|
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages
→
|
includesLanguage |