Gilbertese language

The Gilbertese language is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati, but also in Fiji, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Gilbertese is written in the latin script.

Gilbertese
Kiribati
Taetae ni Kiribati
Native to	Kiribati
Native speakers	(120,000 cited 1988–2010)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Micronesian Micronesian Proper Gilbertese
Writing system	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
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