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      The Belait people are a Bruneian ethnic group native to Belait District. They traditionally speak the Belait language. They are predominantly Muslim. They are officially one of the seven ethnic groups which make up the Bruneian Malay race.


      Origin


      The Belait people originated from the merger between two ethnic groups, namely the Belait jati (i.e. the 'native' Belait) and the Lemeting or Meting. The latter was originally native to Tinjar River, a tributary of the Baram River in Sarawak, Malaysia; they later migrated to the area of, and eventually integrated with, the 'native' Belait.


      Language


      The Belait language, the traditional language of the Belait people, is an Austronesian language within the sub-group Malayo-Polynesian. The language is considered "seriously" endangered; it is claimed that there are "almost no younger speakers".


      Notable people


      Kefli Razali (born 1940), naval officer
      Yusoff Abdul Hamid (born 1949), politician and diplomat
      Norsiah Abdul Gapar (born 1952), a recipient of the S.E.A. Write Award 2009
      Suyoi Osman (born 1952), politician and minister
      Mustappa Sirat (born 1957), a politician and minister
      Rozan Yunos (born 1963), a civil servant and writer
      Abu Sufian Ali (born 1966), diplomat
      Zulkhairy Razali (born 1996), footballer who plays striker for Indera SC
      Maizurah Abdul Rahim (born 1999), sprinter
      Abdul Hariz Herman (born 2000), footballer for MS ABDB
      Jefri Syafiq Ishak (born 2002), footballer for Kuala Belait FC
      Shari Ahmad, military officer
      Salleh Bostaman, businessman and politician


      References


      CitationsSources
      Hughes-Hallett, H. (July 1938). "An Account of a Berhantu Ceremony called "Perakong" by the Orang Belait of Brunei". Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 16 (1 #130): 102–108. JSTOR 41559907.
      Martin, Peter W. (1996). "Sociohistorical Determinants of Language Shift among the Belait Community in the Sultanate of Brunei". Anthropos. 91 (1/3): 199–207. JSTOR 40465282.
      McLellan, James (2014). "Strategies for revitalizing endangered Borneo languages: A comparison between Negara Brunei Darussalam and Sarawak, Malaysia" (PDF). Southeast Asia. 14: 14–22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

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