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The Brunei Times - introduced in 2006, defunct since 2016; The Daily Star - published in both Malay and English; first appeared in March 1966; Government's Pelita Brunei - first published in 1956; Media Permata - Brunei's only daily newspaper in Malay language; Pelita Brunei; Salam Seria - first published in 1952 by the British Malayan ...
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.
There are a number of languages spoken in Brunei. [2] The official language of the state of Brunei is Standard Malay, the same Malaccan dialect that is the basis for the standards in Malaysia and Indonesia. [3] This came into force on 29 September 1959, with the signing of Brunei 1959 Constitution. [4]
The sole Malay-language daily, published by Brunei Press Sdn Bhd, has a circulation of around 10,000. Meanwhile, there was also one defunct newspaper: The Brunei Times. An English-language broadsheet daily, published from 2006 to 2016, [2] it had a more international outlook compared to the Borneo Bulletin, which focused on community news. Its ...
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 ...
Brunei Malay is rather divergent from standard Malay and the rest of the Malay dialects, being about 84% cognate with standard Malay, [183] and is mostly mutually intelligible with it. [ 184 ] English is widely used as a business and official language and it is spoken by a majority of the population in Brunei.
The Malay language is one of the most prominent languages of the world, especially of the Austronesian family. Variants and dialects of Malay are used as an official language in Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. The language is also spoken in southern Thailand, Cocos Islands, Christmas Island, Sri Lanka.
Standard Malay, the language spoken by the ethnic Malays, who make up over 65% of Brunei's population, [1] is the official language of Brunei. [2] However, the most widely spoken language in Brunei is Brunei Malay, which differs greatly from Standard Malay in areas like pronunciation, lexis and syntax. [3]