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ISO 639-3 · begbeg
Austronesian family

Belait

Belait is a language of the Berawan–Lower Baram branch (Austronesian), spoken in Brunei.

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At a glance
ISO 639-3
beg
Glottocode
bela1260
Wikipedia
16 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
7EGIDS level

Facts

NameBelait
Also calledBelait language

Vitality

EGIDS 7 Shifting7

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Austronesian to Belait

The branches above Belait, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch58Greater North Borneobranch18North Sarawakanbranch8Berawan–Lower BarambranchbegBelaitlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Brunei18 languages in the index

Also spoken in Brunei

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 myueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · ProvincialnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · DevelopingcdoEastern MinSino-Tibetan · 10.3 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousibaIbanAustronesian · 2.3 m3 · Wider Communication