Brunei

Languages

Bajau, West Coast bdr

Scattered. Users: 10,700 in Brunei (2019). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, Sama-Bajaw, Sulu-Borneo, Borneo Coast Bajaw

Belait beg

Belait district: scattered; Tutong district: Kampung Kiudang. Users: 1,130 (2019). Status: 7 (Shifting). Alternate Names: Balait Jati, Lemeting, Metting, Tau’ kitah Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Berawan-Lower Baram, Lower Baram, Central, A

Bisaya, Brunei bsb

Belait and Tutong districts: central and interior areas south of Tutong [ttg] language area; Seria town and villages near Sarawak border (Brunei dialect). Users: 37,600 in Brunei (2007 SIL). Total users in all countries: 57,600. Status: 5* (Developing). De facto language of national identity. Alternate Names: Basaya, Bekiau, Besaya, Bisaia, Bisaya, Bisaya Bukit, Bisayah, Dusun, Jilama Bawang, Jilama Sungai, Lorang Bukit, Southern Bisaya, Tutong, Visayak Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Sabahan, Dusunic, Bisaya-Lotud, Southern

Brunei kxd

Widespread. Users: 270,000 in Brunei (2019), increasing. Total users in all countries: 321,000. Status: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Originated and used as trade language in the archipelago of the Brunei sultanate centuries before British protectorate (1888–1984). Used as lingua franca between ethnic groups, widely used by young people. Alternate Names: Brunei-Kadayan, “Orang Bukit” (pej.) Autonym: Brunei, Melayu Brunei, ملايو بروني‎ (Melayu Brunei) Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay

Chinese, Hakka hak

Major cities. Users: 2,750 in Brunei (2019). Status: 5* (Developing). Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese

Chinese, Mandarin cmn

Major cities. Users: 12,100 in Brunei (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese

Chinese, Min Dong cdo

Major cities. Users: 5,500 in Brunei (2019). Status: 5* (Developing). Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese

Chinese, Min Nan nan

Major cities. Users: 12,100 in Brunei (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Banlamgi, Min Nan, Minnan Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese

Chinese, Yue yue

Major cities. Users: 5,760 in Brunei (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Cantonese Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese

English eng

Users: 139,500 in Brunei, all users. L1 users: 5,500 in Brunei (2019). L2 users: 134,000 (Crystal 2003a). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national working language (1984, Constitution, Article 82(2)). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English

Hindi hin

Users: 3,900 in Brunei (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Western Hindi, Hindustani

Iban iba

Belait and Tutong districts: rural areas; Temburong district. Users: 15,800 in Brunei (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Sea Dayak Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Ibanic

Korean kor

Users: 33,900 in Brunei (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Koreanic

Lundayeh lnd

Temburong district: Brunei Bay to Padas, then to Baram river headwaters. 7 villages. Users: 500 in Brunei (2006 SIL). Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: Buri tau, Buri’ Lun Bawang, Buri’ Lun Dayeh, Lun Bawang, Lun Daya, Lun Dayah, Lun Daye, Lun Dayoh, Lundaya, Southern Murut Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Dayic, Kelabitic

Malay, Standard zsm

Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1984, Constitution, Article 82(1)). Alternate Names: Bahasa Malaysia, Formal Malay, Malay, Malayu, Melayu, Melayu Baku Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay

Melanau, Central mel

Kuala Belait town area. Users: 280 in Brunei (2006 SIL). Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Belana’u, Melanau, Milanau, Milano Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Melanau-Kajang, Melanau

Nepali npi

Seria district: capital city. Users: 2,120 in Brunei (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Eastern, Eastern Pahari

Penan, Eastern pez

Belait district: west of Baram river. Users: 55 in Brunei (2003 P. Sercombe). Status: 6b (Threatened). Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Kayan-Kenyah, Penan

Tutong ttg

Belait district; Tutong district: Tutong town coastal area. Users: 16,600 (2006 SIL). Status: 6b (Threatened). Alternate Names: Tutung Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Berawan-Lower Baram, Lower Baram, Central, B