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Brunei

Brunei is an Austronesian language spoken in Malaysia and Brunei.

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Brunei · 4.5°N 114.4°E

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, Beaufort, Kuala Penyu and Papar. Though Standard Malay is promoted as the official national language of Brunei, Brunei Malay is socially dominant and it is currently replacing the minority languages of Brunei, including the Dusun and Tutong languages, existing in a diglossic speech, wherein Brunei Malay is commonly used for daily communication, coexisting with the aforementioned regional languages and Malay creoles, and standard Malay used in formal speech; code switching between standard Malay and Brunei Malay is spoken in informal speech as a lingua franca between Malay creoles and regional languages. It is quite similar to Standard Malay to the point of being almost mutually intelligible with it, being about 84% cognate with standard Malay. Standard Malay is usually spoken with Brunei pronunciation.

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Words in Brunei

MeaningWordRomanization
motherbabu
eyemata
heartjantung
skinkulit
kneetuhut
liverati
wateraing
fireapi
moonbulan
starbintang
skylangit
rainujan
snowsalji
windangin
stonebatu
mountaingunung
riversungai
sealaut
treepuhun
leafdaun
dogkuyuk
catucing
fishlauk
horsekuda
pigbayi
snakeular
lousekutu
onesatu
twodua
threetiga

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Vocabulary

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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