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Sarawak Malay (Standard Malay: Bahasa Melayu Sarawak or Bahasa Sarawak, Jawi: بهاس ملايو سراوق , Sarawak Malay: Kelakar Sarawak) is a Malayic language native to the State of Sarawak. It is a common language used by natives of Sarawak [ 1 ] and also as the important mother tongue for the Sarawakian Malay people .
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Melanau is an Austronesian language spoken in the coastal area of the Rajang delta on northwest Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia and Brunei. There are several dialects—Mukah-Oya, Balingian, Bruit, Dalat, Lawas, Igan, Sarikei, Segahan, Prehan, Segalang, and Siteng.
Sarawak has not adopted the National Language Act; meanwhile Sabah has amended its constitution to provide for Malay as "the official language of the state cabinet and assembly". [20] English was the predominant language in government until 1969. [9]
"Fair Land Sarawak" was the anthem of Sarawak as a British Crown Colony from 1946 until 1963 and the anthem of Sarawak as a state of Malaysia from 1963 until 1973. The lyrics of the anthem were provided by F.C. Ogden, while the tune of the anthem provided by George R.K. Freeth, is identical to that of the anthem of the Raj of Sarawak – "Gone ...
Tutoh, also known as Long Wat, is a Kenyah language of Sarawak, Malaysia, spoken along the Tutoh River. It is spoken in the villages of Long Wat and in the Bornean city of Miri , where however most are shifting to Malay.
Narom language (sometimes spelled Narum) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Lower Baram branch. It is spoken by some 2,420 [3] Narom people in Sarawak, Malaysia, and particularly in the Miri Division and the area south of Baram River mouth.
Iban comes from the Ibanic language group spoken in Sarawak, West Kalimantan, [3] and Brunei within Borneo island. [2] [5] part of the Malayic subshoot of the Malayo-Polynesian branch in the Austronesian language family. [5] The Malayic languages originate from western Borneo, [2] [5] thus Iban is closely related to Malay, especially the ...