Melanau, Central

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Sarawak: Mukah division, Rejang delta coastal area to Balingian river.

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Brunei

Language NameMelanau, Central

User Population

280 in Brunei (2006 SIL).

Location

Kuala Belait town area.

Alternate Names

Belana’u, Melanau, Milanau, Milano

Dialects

Mukah-Oya (Muka, Mukah, Oga, Oya, Oya’).

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Language Use

Also use Brunei [kxd].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Mukah dialect is spoken in Brunei. Muslim.