The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: BSY
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| Population | 10,000 to 12,000 (1985 SIL). |
| Region | On the coast north of and around Brunei Bay, mainly in west Beaufort along Padas River, south of Weston, and south Kuala Penyu districts to coast. |
| Alternate names | BASAYA, BESAYA, BISAIA, BISAYAH, JILAMA BAWANG, JILAMA SUNGAI |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo, Northwest, Sabahan, Dusunic, Bisaya. |
| Comments | 90% intelligibility with Tatana. 58% lexical similarity with Sarawak Bisaya, 57% to 59% with Brunei Bisaya ('Dusun'). Negative attitudes toward Tatana and Coastal Kadazan. Both North and South Bisaya are in Sabah (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Most people are educated to primary level, not many to secondary. |
