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Fiji
Language Name
Kiribati
User Population
6,600 in Fiji (2019). 3,000 or more Banaban.
Location
Scattered.
Alternate Names
Gilbertese, Ikiribati
Dialects
Banaban.
Language Status
5* (Dispersed).
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Christian.
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New Zealand
Language Name
Kiribati
User Population
1,480 in New Zealand (2013 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Solomon Islands
Language Name
Kiribati
User Population
6,800 in Solomon Islands (2012 J. Leclerc).
Location
Choiseul province: Rob Roy island; Western province: Gizo island, 1 area; Honiara, Guadalcanal.
Alternate Names
Gilbertese, Ikiribati
Language Status
5 (Dispersed).
Language Use
Used by all.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Relocated 1950s by the British from Kiribati. Christian.
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Tuvalu
Language Name
Kiribati
User Population
100 in Tuvalu (2002 J. Leclerc).
Location
Nui district: Nui island northwest of Funafuti capital, between Nanumanga and Nukufetau islands.
Alternate Names
Gilbertese, Ikiribati
Dialects
Nui (Nuian).
Language Status
5* (Dispersed).
Language Use
Vigorous. A part of Tuvalu culture.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Christian.
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