text: Tuvalu a palapalaan i ’ayaw no 1 sici iraay to ko maro’ay tamdaw. Nai Spain a Europe misolapay sarakat i 1568 miheca pakanengneng tina sera, naka dengan o pa’acaay to malafadesay tamdaw ato mifotingay to ’iso ko talahekalay ikor, Europe tamdaw awaay ko sapicalapaw a halaka. I 1892 miheca mikapot to Gilbert palapalaan malo no Inkiris a dadipoten a sera “Gilbert ato Ellice palapalaan” (Gilbert and Ellice Islands). I 1915 miheca mala no Inkiris a micingcingan a sera. I 1947 miheca, o nikarawrawan no finacadan, ono Polynesia a tamdaw to Ellice palapalaan finawlan milongoc kapolongan a pitopa, haki Micronesia tamdaw a Gilbert palapalaan (Gilbert Islands) malalicinowas. Ikor, o Kiribati palapalaan misinting to pisiiked, kacingangan o nano sowal no kitakit Kiribati; Ellice palapalaan i 1975 miheca mafalic o Tuvalu palapalaan ahan ko pangangan, i 1978 miheca mihayda ko Inkiris to pisiiked.