The Belait people are a Bruneian ethnic group native to Belait District. They traditionally speak the Belait language. They are predominantly Muslim.[1] They are officially one of the seven ethnic groups which make up the Bruneian Malay race.[citation needed]
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.[2][3] 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.[2][3]
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".[4]
Notable people
- Kefli Razali (born 1940), naval officer[5]
- Yusoff Abdul Hamid (born 1949), politician and diplomat[6]
- Norsiah Abdul Gapar (born 1952), a recipient of the S.E.A. Write Award 2009[7]
- Suyoi Osman (born 1952), politician and minister[8]
- Mustappa Sirat (born 1957), a politician and minister[9]
- Rozan Yunos (born 1963), a civil servant and writer[10]
- Abu Sufian Ali (born 1966), diplomat
- Zulkhairy Razali (born 1996), footballer who plays striker for Indera SC[11]
- Maizurah Abdul Rahim (born 1999), sprinter[12]
- Abdul Hariz Herman (born 2000), footballer for MS ABDB
- Jefri Syafiq Ishak (born 2002), footballer for Kuala Belait FC
- Shari Ahmad, military officer[13]
- Salleh Bostaman, businessman and politician
References
Citations
- ^ Martin 1996, p. 200.
- ^ a b Martin 1996, p. 201.
- ^ a b Hughes-Hallett 1938, p. 102.
- ^ McLellan 2014, p. 17.
- ^ "Berita - Bergotong-royong membersihkan Tanah Perkuburan..." www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Sidhu, Jatswan S. (22 December 2009). Historical Dictionary of Brunei Darussalam. Scarecrow Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-8108-7078-9.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Keluaran Khas Sempena Pelantikan Menteri-Menteri Kabinet dan Timbalan-Timbalan Menteri" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 12 June 2010. pp. 3, 7.
- ^ "Keluaran Khas Sempena Pelantikan Menteri-Menteri Kabinet dan Timbalan-Timbalan Menteri" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 12 June 2010. p. 7.
- ^ "HAJI MOHD ROZAN". Prime Minister's Office, Brunei Darussalam. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Battered but still standing". The Brunei Times. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ "Double gold for Fakhri at Brunei Open". BruSports News. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Pegawai2 Kadet Dari Brunei Tamat Berlateh Di-Victoria" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 28 December 1966. p. 3.
Sources
- 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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