Melayu Brunei

Melayu Brunei
Melayu Brunei
Spoken in	Brunei  Malaysia
Native speakers	266000[1]  (date missing)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Malayo-Sumbawan Malayic Malayan Malay Malay language Melayu Brunei
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kxd

Melayu Brunei (Brunei-Kadaian, Orang Bukit) is the official standardized form of the Malay language used in Brunei. It is also spoken as lingua franca in some parts of East Malaysia such as Federal Territory of Labuan, District of Limbang and Lawas (Sarawak) and District of Sipitang, Beaufort, Kuala Penyu and Papar (Sabah). It is spoken by about 266,000 people.^[1] There are calls to expand the use of the language in Brunei.^[2] Brunei Malay is quite divergent from standard Malay and the rest of the Malay dialects and is mostly mutually unintelligible. Brunei Malay is the official printed form and is used in all official Brunei government media.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kxd
2. ^ http://www.rtbnews.rtb.gov.bn/?c=newsDetail&news_id=13940