Belait language

Belait
Belait
Lemeting, Metteng
Native to	Belait, Tutong (Brunei), Sarawak (Malaysia)
Region	Brunei, Malaysia
Ethnicity	Belait people
Native speakers	(undated figure of 1,000 in Brunei); (700 in 1995)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean North Sarawakan Berawan–Lower Baram Lower Baram Kiput–Belait Belait; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	beg
Glottolog	bela1260
ELP	Belait

Belait, or Lemeting, is a Malayo-Polynesian language of Brunei and neighbouring Malaysia. It is spoken by the Belait people who mainly reside in the Bruneian Belait District. There were estimated to be 700 speakers in 1995.

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