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Bookmark or Share- Useful phrases in Kiribati - OmniglotPhrase. taetae ni Kiribati (Kiribati) Welcome. Mauri. Hello (General greeting) Ko na mauri (sg) Kam na mauri (pl) Kam na bane ni Mauri ( addressing large crowds) Mauri.
- Kiribati - WikipediaKiribati (/ ˌ k ɪr ɪ ˈ b æ s / ⓘ KIRR-ih-BASS), officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: [Ribaberiki] Kiribati), is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean.Its permanent population is over 119,000 as of the 2020 census, with more than half living on Tarawa atoll.The state comprises 32 atolls and one remote raised coral island, Banaba.
- Gilbert Islands - WikipediaThe Gilbert Islands (Gilbertese: Tungaru; formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill Islands) are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Papua New Guinea and Hawaii.They constitute the main part of the nation of Kiribati (the name of which is a rendering of "Gilberts" in the phonology of the indigenous Gilbertese).
- Kiribati language, alphabet and pronunciation - OmniglotThe Kiribati language is also known as Gilbertese, Ikiribati or Kiribatese, and the Republic of Kiribati was formerly called the Gilbert Islands. The islands were named after Captain Thomas Gilbert, who discovered the main island of the group in 1788. Kiribati [kiribas] is the local version of Gilbert. The original name of the islands was Tungaru.
- Gilbertese language - WikipediaGilbertese or taetae ni Kiribati, also Kiribati (sometimes Kiribatese), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages. The word Kiribati, the current name of the islands, is the local adaptation of the European name "Gilberts" to Gilbertese phonology.
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