Belait

Facts

  • Language: Belait
  • Alternate names: Balait Jati, Lemeting, Meting
  • Language code: beg
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo Malayo-Polynesian, North Sarawakan, Berawan-Lower Baram, Lower Baram, Central Lower Baram A
  • Number of speakers: 1000
  • Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
  • Script:

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    Introduction

    Belait is a language of Brunei. It is spoken in Scattered in Belait District; Tutong District in Kampung Kiudang. Also in Malaysia.

    Dialects

    Related to Kiput (See: Kiput?) and Narom (See: Narom?). Lexical similarity: 54% with Tutong (See: Tutong?).

    The Belait Verb

    Verblist