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The Brunei Malay, also called Bruneian Malay (Malay: Bahasa Melayu Brunei; Jawi: بهاس ملايو بروني ), is the most widely spoken language in Brunei Darussalam and a lingua franca in some parts of Sarawak and Sabah, such as Labuan, Limbang, Lawas, Sipitang, and Papar.
The local dialect, Brunei Malay, is the most widely spoken language. [3] It is spoken by about 266,000 people. [12] About 84% of its words are cognate with Standard Malay, while 94% are reported to be cognate with Kedayan. [11]
Kamus Bahasa Melayu Brunei is a dictionary of Brunei Malay, the native lingua franca in Brunei. [1] It is published by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei . The current publication is in its second edition, and contains more than 15,000 word entries.
In Brunei, where Malay is also an official language, the language is known as Bahasa Melayu and in English as "Malay". [17] In Indonesia, however, there is a clear distinction between "Malay language" (bahasa Melayu) and "Indonesian" (bahasa Indonesia).
The official language of Brunei is Standard Malay, for which both the Latin alphabet and the Arabic alphabet are used. [181] Initially, Malay was written in the Jawi script before it switched to the Latin alphabet around 1941. [182] The principal spoken language is Melayu Brunei (Brunei Malay).
Malaysian Malay (Malay: Bahasa Melayu Malaysia) or Malaysian (Bahasa Malaysia) [7] – endonymically within Malaysia as Standard Malay (Bahasa Melayu piawai) or simply Malay (Bahasa Melayu, abbreviated to BM) – is a standardized form of the Malay language used in Malaysia and also used in Brunei Darussalam and Singapore (as opposed to the variety used in Indonesia, which is referred to as ...
The establishment of the Lembaga Bahasa (Language Board) began with the approval of an usul during a Legislative Council meeting on 18 April 1960. [1] The motion was to establish an independent body answerable to the government with the function of consolidating the status of Malay as the official language of Brunei, as enacted in the Constitution (Perlembagaan) which was promulgated in the ...
The two most prominent members of this branch are Indonesian and Malay. Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia and has evolved as a standardized form of Malay with distinct influences from local languages and historical factors. [2] [3] Malay, in its various forms, is recognized as a national language in Brunei, Malaysia, and ...