Malay, Sabah
PrintA language of Malaysia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Bazaar Malay, Pasar Malay
Population
Mostly second-language speakers, but growing number of L1 speakers.
Location
Sabah.
Language Status
3 (Wider communication).
Typology
SVO
Language Use
A few L1 speakers in urban areas, especially children of parents who have other first languages. Used mainly as contact language in Sabah, so not yet fully developed. Speakers shift to other languages to fill in expressions in domains where Sabah Malay is lacking. If the only form of Malay a person knows is Sabah Malay, there will be difficulty understanding Standard Malay [zsm] in other domains.
Language Development
Dictionary.
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten.
May be a dialect of Brunei [kxd]. Bazaar Malay, refers to many regional nonstandard Malay varieties.