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Gilbertese or taetae ni Kiribati, also Kiribati (sometimes Kiribatese), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian...

Kiribati (/ˈkɪrɪbæs/ KIRR-i-bass, Gilbertese: [kiɾibas]), officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: Ribaberiki Kiribati), is an island country...

The Gilbert Islands (Gilbertese: Tungaru; formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill Islands) are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean...

long vowel (ée). Gilbertese, an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati, is a trimoraic language. The typical foot in Gilbertese contains three...

extinct due to a shift to the Gilbertese language, introduced by Christian missionaries that translated the Bible into Gilbertese and encouraged the Banabans...

The Gilbertese National Party (GNP) was a political party in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony founded in 1965. It was the first ever party in this...

The Gilbertese dancing, which is accompanied by singing, is a characteristic dance style of the Melanesians and the Polynesians. It is a fusion of folk...

migrations from the East Indies and Kiribati. The name Banaba in the local Gilbertese language is correctly spelled Bwanaba, but the Constitution of Kiribati...

the site of the Battle of Tarawa during World War II. Tarawa is an old Gilbertese form for Te Rawa, meaning "The Passage" (of the Lagoon), named for the...

London (Gilbertese: Ronton; historically: Londres) is a village in Kiribati, located on the island of Kiritimati, within the archipelago of Line Islands...

main part of what is now the Republic of Kiribati ("Kiribati" is the Gilbertese rendition of "Gilberts") The atolls of the Gilbert Islands are arranged...

Noun: I-Kiribati (singular and plural forms) Adjective: Kiribati or Gilbertese I-Kiribati 96.2%, 105,983 Mixed/I-Kiribati 1.8% 1,974 Tuvaluans 0.2% 198...

Report and Results". Retrieved 2022-02-11. The current names are from the Gilbertese language with one exception, Tabuaeran. Except for Tarawa and Tabiteuea...

The flag of Kiribati (Gilbertese: buraki ni Kiribati) is red in the upper half with a gold frigatebird (Fregata minor, in Gilbertese: te eitei) flying over...

Caribbean Commonwealth island states of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. The Gilbertese tribal community at Wagina in Choiseul province (Solomon Islands) reintroduced...

permanent residence in Kiribati, and assumed important positions within Gilbertese society. The first Japanese to install in the Gilbert Islands was Nito...

has had significant contact with Gilbertese, a Micronesian language; Samoan; and, increasingly, English. Gilbertese is spoken natively on Nui, and was...

Nareau (Gilbertese: "spider lord") is the creator deity in the mythology of the Gilbert Islands. From sand and water, Nareau created two primeval beings...

Mundhum Kiribati Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Micronesian → Gilbertese Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) Christianity, Baha'i Faith Kissi Niger–Congo...

a person from Kiribati, or of Kiribati descent Kiribati language or Gilbertese Outline of Kiribati This disambiguation page lists articles associated...