Also Known As:
Balait Jati, Lemeting, Meting
Dialects & Varieties
Belait
Clynes, Adrian. 2005. "Belait." In The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, edited by Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann. 429-455. London & New York: Routledge.
Severely Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
700
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
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Transmission
Transmission 4
Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.
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Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Brunei
Location Description
Belait and Tutong districts. Kuala Balai and Labi villages. In the past 50 years many speakers have moved to the coastal oil towns of Seria and Kuala Belait. Also found in the village of Mungkom.
Government Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Brunei Malay and English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
Almost the entire community speaks Brunei Malay, and many speak English
Domains of Other Languages:
Brunei Malay is used in most domains
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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