Berau Malay
(Redirected from Berau Malay language)
| Berau Malay | |
|---|---|
| basa Barrau, basa Banua | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Ethnicity | Berau |
Native speakers | 11,000 (2007)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bve |
| Glottolog | bera1262 |
Berau Malay, or just Berau, is an Malayic language which is spoken by Berau Malays in Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is one three native Malayic varieties in southeastern Borneo along with Banjar and Kutai, of which it forms a dialect continuum.
According to the 2007 edition of Ethnologue there are 11,200 speakers of Berau Malay.
References[edit]
- ^ Berau Malay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
