The people of the
Pacific country of
Kiribati, and also their
language. The language is also called Kiribati, and
Gilbertese after the former colonial name of the country, the
Gilbert Islands.
An unusual phonetic feature of I-Kiribati is that the syllables TI and TU are actually pronounced SI and SU. Also, final vowels tend not to be pronounced. This gives the pronunciation "Kiribas" for the country.