Belait
[alias Balait Jati, Lemeting, Meting]Klassifizierung: Austronesian
·stark gefährdet
- DATUM DER INFORMATION
- 1995
- NUTZUNGSBEREICHE
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- ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN
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- VERBREITUNG
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- MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT
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According to Clynes, all dialects of Belait are now threatened with extinction, with the language, like other minority languages in Brunei, being displaced by Brunei Malay. Additionally, Peter Martin reported in 1995 that more than 90%% of ethnically Belait parents interviewed reported that they used Brunei Malay rather than Belait as the language of primary communication with their offspring, who generally do not speak the language.
- ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
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Brunei Malay and English
- ORTE
- Brunei
- ORTSBESCHREIBUNG
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.