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Gilbertese Wikipedia[edit]

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Proposal summary
  • Language details: Gilbertese (Taetae ni Kiribati, gil ISO 639-3)
  • Editing community: Belgian man (P), User:Enzino
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  • Most spoken language and official language in Kiribati, important language in Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu, important minority language in Nauru and Vanuatu. Belgian man 16:32, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • On internet, there are at least 2 dictionaries en-gil, 3 gil-en and 1 course. Belgian man 21:07, 3 Jul 2005 (UTC)
  • Kiribatese is the main language in Kiribati, the second language in Tuvalu, the sixth language in Fiji, the eighth or ninth language in Nauru, the forty-seventh language in the Solomon Islands and the sixty-third language in Vanuatu; all qua number of speakers. Belgian man 16:32, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • (I am busy with learning the language. Belgian man 16:32, 10 October 2005 (UTC))[reply]
  • Related languages: Kosraean, Marshallese, Mokilese, Pingelapese, Pohnpeian, Carolinian, Chuukese, Mapia, Mortlockese, Namonuito, Pááfang, Puluwatese, Sonsorolese, Satawalese, Tobian, Tanapag, Ulithian and Woleaian, more distantly: all Malayo-Polynesian languages
  • Number of speakers: circa 100 000
  • Locations spoken: Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji, Hawaii, New Zealand
  • Official language of Kiribati, the people is split into 21 unhabited atolls and Internet is one way to help its standard.

    The Kiribati language is far from extinct, and just about all speakers use it daily. Only 30% of Kiribati speakers are fully bilingual with English, meaning that the language is in no current danger of being swallowed by English.



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