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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Brunei > Bisaya, Brunei

Bisaya, Brunei

A language of Brunei

ISO 639-3: bsb
This ISO 639-3 code has undergone change through the merging of one or more retired code elements. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population  37,600 in Brunei. Population total all countries: 57,600.
Region  Brunei dialect is spoken around Seria town, and in a few villages near the Sarawak border; central and interior Belait and Tutong districts, south of Tutong [ttg]. Also in Malaysia (Sarawak).
Language map  Brunei and Malaysia - Sarawak, reference number 67
Alternate names   Basaya, Bekiau, Besaya, Bisaia, Bisaya Bukit, Bisayah, Jilama Bawang, Jilama Sungai, Lorang Bukit, Southern Bisaya, Visayak, Tutong 1, Dusun
Dialects  Brunei Bisaya, Sarawak Bisaya, Tutong 1. Lexical similarity: 57%–59% with Sabah Bisaya [bsy], and 50% with other Dusunic languages.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Sabahan, Dusunic, Bisaya, Southern
Language use  Also use Brunei Malay [kxd].
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Recognized by the government as an indigenous group.

Also spoken in:

Malaysia (Sarawak)

Language name   Bisaya, Brunei
Population  20,000 in Malaysia.
Region  Limbang and Lawas districts.
Language map  Brunei and Malaysia - Sarawak, reference number 67
Alternate names  Bekiau, Bisaya Bukit, Bisayah, Lorang Bukit, Visayak
Dialects  Sarawak Bisaya (Bisaya’), Tutong 1.
Comments  Agriculturalists: hill and wet rice, fruit, vegetables, rubber; sago palm; animal husbandry: water buffalo; fishermen.