Gilbertese

English

Etymology

Gilbert +‎ -ese

Proper noun

Gilbertese

An Austronesian language spoken in Kiribati.

Synonyms

Kiribati

Translations

language

Finnish: kiribati (fi)
Irish: Gilbirtis f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kiribatisk

Nynorsk: kiribatisk

Noun

Gilbertese (plural Gilbertese)

Someone from the Gilbert Islands in Kiribati.
Synonym: Kiribatian.

Further reading

Ethnologue entry for Gilbertese, gil
“Gilbertese” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.

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