Kiribati
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[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.