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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.
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.
Brunei, [b] officially Brunei Darussalam, [c] [d] is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo.Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with its territory bifurcated by the Sarawak district of Limbang.
Key institutions like Universiti Brunei Darussalam and organisations such as the Sang Jati Dusun Association (PSJD) actively contribute to promoting the Dusun language and preserving its cultural heritage. In recent decades, the Dusun language has gained recognition in linguistic studies, leading to initiatives for its preservation and ...
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 English (similar and related to British English) is a regional dialect of English that is widely spoken in Brunei Darussalam, even though the national language is Malay. Although the lingua franca in the country is generally the local dialect of Malay, [ 1 ] all educated people are proficient in English, as it has been the medium of ...
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]
The northwest coast of Borneo, areas with large concentration of Bruneian Malays in Brunei and East Malaysia. As per an official statistics, the "Bruneian Malays" term only became official after the 1921 Brunei Ethnic Categories Census, which is different from the 1906 and 1911 census which only mentioned "Barunays" (Brunei's or Bruneian).