Brunei Malay

Brunei Malay
Brunei Malay
Bahasa Melayu Brunei
بهاس ملايو بروني
Native to	Brunei, Malaysia
Ethnicity	Bruneian Malay, Kedayan
Native speakers	320,000 (2013–2019)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayic Brunei Malay; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Malay alphabet); Arabic (Jawi)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kxd
Glottolog	brun1242
	Area where Brunei Malay is spoken

The Brunei Malay language (Malay: Bahasa Melayu Brunei Jawi: بهاس ملايو بروني) is the most widely spoken language in Brunei and a lingua franca in some parts of Sarawak and Sabah, such as Labuan, Limbang, Lawas, Sipitang 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. It is quite divergent from Standard Malay to the point where it is almost mutually unintelligible with it.

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