Brunei
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Bajau, West Coast
[bdr] Scattered. Users: 10,700 in Brunei (2019). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, Sama-Bajaw, Sulu-Borneo, Borneo Coast Bajaw.
Belait
[beg] Belait district: scattered; Tutong district: Kampung Kiudang. Users: 1,130 (2019). Status: 7 (Shifting). Alternate Names: Balait Jati, Lemeting, Metting, Tau’ kitah. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Berawan-Lower Baram, Lower Baram, Central, A.
Bisaya, Brunei
[bsb] Belait and Tutong districts: central and interior areas south of Tutong [ttg] language area; Seria town and villages near Sarawak border (Brunei dialect). Users: 37,600 in Brunei (2007 SIL). Total users in all countries: 57,600. Status: 5* (Developing). De facto language of national identity. Alternate Names: Basaya, Bekiau, Besaya, Bisaia, Bisaya, Bisaya Bukit, Bisayah, Dusun, Jilama Bawang, Jilama Sungai, Lorang Bukit, Southern Bisaya, Tutong, Visayak. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Sabahan, Dusunic, Bisaya-Lotud, Southern.
Brunei
[kxd] Widespread. Users: 270,000 in Brunei (2019), increasing. Total users in all countries: 321,000. Status: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Originated and used as trade language in the archipelago of the Brunei sultanate centuries before British protectorate (1888–1984). Used as lingua franca between ethnic groups, widely used by young people. Alternate Names: Brunei-Kadayan, “Orang Bukit” (pej.). Autonym: Brunei, Melayu Brunei, ملايو بروني (Melayu Brunei). Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay.
Chinese, Hakka
[hak] Major cities. Users: 2,750 in Brunei (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
Chinese, Mandarin
[cmn] Major cities. Users: 12,100 in Brunei (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
Chinese, Min Dong
[cdo] Major cities. Users: 5,500 in Brunei (2019). Status: 5* (Developing). Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
Chinese, Min Nan
[nan] Major cities. Users: 12,100 in Brunei (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Banlamgi, Min Nan, Minnan. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
Chinese, Yue
[yue] Major cities. Users: 5,760 in Brunei (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Cantonese. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
English
[eng] Users: 139,500 in Brunei, all users. L1 users: 5,500 in Brunei (2019). L2 users: 134,000 (Crystal 2003a). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national working language (1984, Constitution, Article 82(2)). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Hindi
[hin] Users: 3,900 in Brunei (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Western Hindi, Hindustani.
Iban
[iba] Belait and Tutong districts: rural areas; Temburong district. Users: 15,800 in Brunei (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Sea Dayak. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Ibanic.
Korean
[kor] Users: 33,900 in Brunei (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Koreanic.
Lundayeh
[lnd] Temburong district: Brunei Bay to Padas, then to Baram river headwaters. 7 villages. Users: 500 in Brunei (2006 SIL). Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: Buri tau, Buri’ Lun Bawang, Buri’ Lun Dayeh, Lun Bawang, Lun Daya, Lun Dayah, Lun Daye, Lun Dayoh, Lundaya, Southern Murut. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Dayic, Kelabitic.
Malay, Standard
[zsm] Users: Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1984, Constitution, Article 82(1)). Alternate Names: Bahasa Malaysia, Formal Malay, Malay, Malayu, Melayu, Melayu Baku. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay.
Melanau, Central
[mel] Kuala Belait town area. Users: 280 in Brunei (2006 SIL). Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Belana’u, Melanau, Milanau, Milano. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Melanau-Kajang, Melanau.
Nepali
[npi] Seria district: capital city. Users: 2,120 in Brunei (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Eastern, Eastern Pahari.
Penan, Eastern
[pez] Belait district: west of Baram river. Users: 55 in Brunei (2003 P. Sercombe). Status: 6b (Threatened). Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Kayan-Kenyah, Penan.
Tutong
[ttg] Belait district; Tutong district: Tutong town coastal area. Users: 16,600 (2006 SIL). Status: 6b (Threatened). Alternate Names: Tutung. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Berawan-Lower Baram, Lower Baram, Central, B.