Kiribati

Summary

Official Name

The Republic of Kiribati

International Conventions

CSICH (2018), UNCRPD (2013)

Population

118,000

Principal Languages

English, Kiribati

General References

Bender and Capelle 1996

Language Counts

The number of established languages listed for Kiribati is 2. All are living languages. Of these, 1 is indigenous and 1 is non-indigenous. Furthermore, 2 are institutional.

Languages

English eng: Users: 37,100 in Kiribati, all users. L1 users: 2,100 in Kiribati (2021 Joshua Project). L2 users: 35,000 (2019). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language, should official texts conflict in interpretation, English prevails over Kiribati. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
Kiribati gil: Users: 103,000 in Kiribati (2010 census). Total users in all countries: 118,618. Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Alternate Names: Gilbertese, Ikiribati, Kiribatese Autonym: I-Kiribati Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Ikiribati

Languages by Status

1 (National)

Kiribati

[gil] 1 (National). De facto national language. 103,000 in Kiribati (2010 census). Total users in all countries: 118,618.

English

[eng] 1 (National). De facto national language, should official texts conflict in interpretation, English prevails over Kiribati. 37,100 in Kiribati, all users. L1 users: 2,100 in Kiribati (2021 Joshua Project). L2 users: 35,000 (2019).