GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The people of Kiribati speak Gilbertese (also known as Kiribatese or Ikiribati), an Oceanic language. English is the other official language, but is not used very often outside the island capital of South Tarawa. It is more likely that some English is mixed in its use with Gilbertese.

Detailed explanation-2: -97% of those living in Kiribati are able to read in Gilbertese, and 80% are able to read English. It is one of the Oceanic languages. The largest individual Oceanic languages are Eastern Fijian with over 600, 000 speakers, and Samoan with an estimated 400, 000 speakers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kiribati is the official language in Kiribati and is spoken in 3 other countries as monther tongue by a part of the population. As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 99 percent is in Kiribati. A total of about 130, 573.0 people worldwide speak Kiribati as their mother tongue.

Detailed explanation-4: -Incorporating these words into your everyday conversations is a great way to learn the Kiribati Language, for example, instead of saying ‘the sky is blue’, say ‘the sky is buruu’, or instead of saying ‘the grass is green’, you can say, ‘the grass is kiriin’.