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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...
- KIRR-ih-B****),
officially the
Independent and
Sovereign Republic of
Kiribati (
Gilbertese: [Ribaberiki] Kiribati), is an
island country in the
Micronesia subregion...
- 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...
- two
morae long.
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...
-
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
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 site of the
Battle of
Tarawa during World War II.
Tarawa is an old
Gilbertese form for Te Rawa,
meaning "The P****age" (of the Lagoon),
named for the...
- 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...
- 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...
