Berawan language

Berawan
Region	Sarawak
Native speakers	3,600 (2010)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean North Sarawakan Berawan–Lower Baram Berawan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: `zbc` – Central `zbe` – East `zbw` – West
Glottolog	`bera1264`^[2]

Berawan is an Austronesian language of Sarawak.

Berawan Dialects

Baram (Tutoh-Tinjar)

↑ Central at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
East at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
West at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Berawan". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Berawan People of Sarawak
Kaipuleohone has an open access collection of materials (RB2-003) that includes notes on Berawan.

North Bornean

Unclassified	Dumpas

Unclassified	Bintulu

Sama-Bajaw ?	Abaknon Bajaw Sinama Pangutaran Sama

Languages of Brunei
Official language	English Malay (Brunei Malay)
Minority languages	Belait Dusun Bisaya Iban Lun Bawang Melanau Berawan Tutong Sian Penan-Nibong

Main

Official	Malaysian
Recognised	English (comparison with British English)

Significant
minority

Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Cantonese Eastern Min Fuqing Fuzhou Hokkien Mandarin Chinese Malaysian Mandarin Pu-Xian Min Penang Hokkien Southern Peninsular Malaysian Hokkien Yue Chinese
Indian	Dravidian Malayalam Tamil Malaysian Tamil Telugu Indo-European Gujarati Hindi Punjabi Urdu

Nationwide	Banjar Buginese Javanese Malay (Malayan)
Peninsular Malaysia	Baba Malay Batek Baweanese Cheq Wong Chetty Malay Duano’ Jah Hut Jahai Jakun Kedah Malay Kelantan-Pattani Malay Kenaboi¹ Kensiu Kintaq Kristang Lanoh Mah Meri Minriq Mintil Mos Negeri Sembilan Malay Orang Kanaq Orang Seletar Pahang Malay Perak Malay Rawa Malay Sabüm¹ Semai Semaq Beri Semelai Semnam Southern Thai Temiar Temoq² Temuan Terengganu Malay Wila'¹
East Malaysia	Abai Bahau Bajaw Balau Belait Berawan Biatah Bintulu Bonggi Bookan Bruneian/Kedayan Malay Brunei Bisaya Bukar Sadong Bukitan Coastal Kadazan Cocos Malay Daro-Matu Dumpas Dusun Eastern Kadazan Gana’ Iban Ida'an Iranun Jagoi Jangkang Kajaman Kalabakan Kanowit Kayan Kelabit Kendayan Keningau Murut Kinabatangan Kiput Klias River Kadazan Kota Marudu Talantang Kuijau Lahanan Lelak¹ Lengilu¹ Lotud Lun Bawang Mainstream Kenyah Maranao Melanau Molbog Momogun Murik Kayan Narom Nonukan Tidong Okolod Paluan Papar Punan Batu² Penan Remun Sa'ban Sabah Bisaya Sabah Malay Sama Sarawak Malay Sebop Sebuyau Sekapan Selungai Murut Sembakung Seru¹ Serudung Sian Suluk Sungai Tagol Timugon Tombonuwo Tring Tringgus Tutoh Ukit² Uma’ Lasan

Mixed

Main	Malaysian Sign Language (Manually Coded Malay)
By states	Penang Sign Language Selangor Sign Language

¹ Extinct languages. ² Nearly extinct languages.

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