Kiribati people

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The Kiribati people are an indigenous Micronesian ethnic group primarily inhabiting the island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean, known for their seafaring traditions and atoll-based culture.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
I-Kiribati 11
Gilbertese people 2
Kiribati people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
associatedWith Republic of Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati
colonialHistory British protectorate
continent Oceania
countryOfCitizenship Kiribati
culture atoll-based culture
canoe navigation
communal land tenure
seafaring traditions
demographicMajorityIn Kiribati
diaspora Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
United States
environment lagoon ecosystems
low-lying coral atolls
ethnicGroupOf Kiribati
food breadfruit
coconut
fish
pandanus
formerColonyOf United Kingdom
language Gilbertese language
Kiribati language
locatedIn central Pacific Ocean
music group choral singing
percussion-based music
navigationSkill traditional wayfinding
primaryReligion Christianity
region Gilbert Islands
Line Islands
Micronesia
Phoenix Islands
selfDesignation I-Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati people
socialOrganization clan-based system
subgroupOf Micronesians
threatenedBy climate change
sea level rise
traditionalClothing grass skirts
traditionalDance te bino
te rebwe
traditionalEconomy copra production
fishing
subsistence agriculture
traditionalHousing maneaba meeting house
thatched houses
traditionalReligion indigenous Kiribati beliefs
usesWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Micronesia hasEthnicGroup Kiribati people
Kiribati demonym I-Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati people
Micronesians hasSubgroup Gilbertese people
linked to: Kiribati people
Gilbert Islands ethnicGroup I-Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati people
Kiribati people selfDesignation I-Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati people
Banaba ethnicGroup I-Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati people
Arorae hasEthnicGroup I-Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati people
Marakei hasEthnicGroup I-Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati people
Nikunau hasEthnicGroup I-Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati people
Tamana inhabitedBy I-Kiribati people
linked to: Kiribati people
Banaba Island ethnicGroup I-Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati people
Carolinean people relatedEthnicGroup Gilbertese people
linked to: Kiribati people
Gilbertese language primaryLanguageOf Kiribati people
Makin ethnicGroup I-Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati people
Makin Atoll ethnicGroup I-Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati people
Northern Gilbert Islands ethnicGroup I-Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati people