Gilbertese

English

Etymology

Gilbert +‎ -ese. See Gilbertese language § Name on Wikipedia.

Proper noun

Gilbertese

An Austronesian language spoken in Kiribati.

Synonyms

Kiribati

Translations

language

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Danish: kiribatisk, gilbertesisk
Dutch: Kiribatisch (nl) n, Kiribati (nl) n
Finnish: kiribati (fi)
French: gilbertin (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Irish: Gilbirtis f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kiribatisk

Nynorsk: kiribatisk
Portuguese: gilbertês (pt) m
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: kiribatiano (es) m, gilbertés m

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, 2019–2022.

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