Directory of Gilbertese Resources

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Gilbertese, also known as Kiribati or Ikiribati, is an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian member of the Austronesian language family spoken by approximately 97% of the population of the Republic of Kiribati. It is also spoken in some parts of Fiji, Nauru, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

Subcategories

• Dictionaries

Resources in This Category

• A Combined Kiribati-English Dictionary

  http://www.trussel.com/kir/dic/dic_a.htm
  Compiled by Trussel and Groves, based on the works of Bingham, Sabatier and Oliva.

• Fabre's English-Gilbertese-French Word-List

  http://www.trussel.com/kir/fabeng.htm
  Vocabulary and translations into English and French collected in 1847.

• Gilbertese Language

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbertese
  Brief description of Gilbertese.

• Gilbertese language lessons

  http://www.trussel.com/kir/less00.htm
  Kiribati language lessons based on the Peace Corps handbook

• Hale's Tarawan Vocabulary

  http://www.trussel.com/kir/hale.htm
  Data from the first known description of Gilbertese by Horatio Emmons Hale in 1846. Includes extensive vocabulary list, orthography, phonemic inventory and grapheme distribution.

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