Brunei
Facts
- Language: Brunei
- Alternate names: Brunei-Kadaian, Orang Bukit
- Language code: kxd
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Sumbawan, North and East Malayo-Sumbawan, Malayic, Nuclear Malayic, Borneo Malay, Southeast Borneo Malay, East Borneo Malay, Banjar-Berau-Brunei Malay, Berau-Brunei Malay
- Number of speakers: 215000
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Brunei is a language of Brunei. It is spoken in Bandar Seri Bagawan; Mara District, Kedayan; the coastal strip; Tutong District. Also in Malaysia.
Dialects
Brunei Malay, Kampong Ayer, Kedayan (Kadaian, Kadayan, Kadian, Kadien, Kadyan, Karayan, Kedien, Kedyan, Kerayan). Lexical similarity: 94%–95% between Brunei and the Kampong Ayer dialects, 80%–82% with Standard Malay (See: Malay, Standard?).
The Brunei Verb
Verblist
- beranang
- cacak
- didih
- jait
- katam
- katuk
- kelakar
- lagau
- limpas
- panggil
- rabus
- sangat
- sipak
- sisir
- skulah
- talipaun
- talipun
- tandang
- telipun
- timbak
- tulak
- tulung
- baburu -- to hunt
- badiri -- to stand
- bajalan -- to walk
- bakaraja -- to work
- bamimpi -- to dream
- banapas -- to breathe
- bapikir -- to think
- barucap -- to say
- batapuk -- to hide
- batiup -- to blow
- biluk -- to turn
- datang -- to come
- duduk -- to sit
- gugur -- to fall
- idup -- to live, be alive
- lindung, maninggal -- to die, be dead
- maikat, mangikat -- to tie up, fasten
- makan, mamajuh, mangantar, mangasak, manumbuk -- to eat
- maliat -- to see
- malimpang -- to lie down
- maludahi -- to spit
- mamagang, manjangkai -- to hold
- mamanggal, mambalah -- to split
- mamanggal, mamutung, manganat -- to cut, hack
- mamapak -- to chew
- mamaras -- to squeeze
- mamasak, manjarang -- to cook
- mambalangkan -- to throw
- mambali -- to buy
- mambangkaki -- to swell
- mambuka, manyiah -- to open, uncover
- mambunuh -- to kill
- mamilih -- to choose
- mananam -- to plant
- mananang -- to swim
- manangis -- to cry
- mancakar, mangakai -- to scratch
- mancium -- to sniff, smell
- mancuri -- to steal
- mandangar -- to hear
- mangali, mangurik -- to dig
- mangalir -- to flow
- mangampas -- to hit
- manganakah, manganggus, manggigit -- to bite
- mangira, mangitung -- to count
- mangisap, manyiruk -- to suck
- manguap -- to yawn
- manikam -- to stab, pierce
- manimbak -- to shoot
- manjait -- to sew
- manumbuk -- to pound, beat
- manunu -- to burn
- minum -- to drink
- mutah -- to vomit
- takut -- to fear
- tarabang -- to fly
- tatawa -- to laugh
- taʷu -- to know, be knowledgeable
- tidur -- to sleep