Brunei Bisaya language

Bisaya
Tutong 1
Collection of words in English and translation in Ida'an, Bisaya (Borneo)and Adang Murut (Lun Bawang) in 1860 by Spencer St.John
Region	Brunei, Sarawak
Native speakers	60,000 (2007)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Southwest Sabahan Greater Dusunic Bisaya–Lotud Bisaya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bsb`
Glottolog	`brun1245`^[2]

Bisaya, also known as Southern Bisaya or Brunei Bisaya or Tutong language 1, is a Sabahan language spoken in Brunei and Sarawak, Malaysia.

References

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

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

Languages of Malaysia

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

Families

Creoles

Natives &
Indigenous

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

Immigrants

Signs

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

¹ Extinct languages. ² Nearly extinct languages.

Bornean languages

North Bornean

Sabahan

Unclassified	Dumpas

North Sarawakan

Unclassified	Bintulu

Sama-Bajaw ?	Abaknon Bajaw Sinama Pangutaran Sama

Bold indicates languages with more than 1 million speakers
? indicates classification dispute
† indicates extinct status

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