essay
Speaking and writing
kiribati: a changing atoll culture • [Suva, Fiji] • Published In 1985 • Pages: 99-110
By: Taoaba, Taakei.
Abstract
This study highlights how increasing contact with Western ideas and behaviors has brought changes to the Kiribati language, primarily reflected in the pervasiveness of English loan words in spoken Kiribati. For maps, glossary, and bibliography see Mason (1985).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2018
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Micronesia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Educator
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2016
- Field Date
- 1982-1985
- Coverage Date
- 1979-1985
- Coverage Place
- Kiribati (Gilbert) Islands, Republic of Kiribati
- Notes
- Taakei Taoaba ; photographs by Tony Whincup
- LCCN
- 86214124
- LCSH
- Kiribati--Social life and customs
- Kiribati--Social conditions