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Berau
Basa Barrau/Banua
Native to Indonesia
Ethnicity Berau
Native speakers
11,000 (2007) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bve
Glottolog bera1262

Berau, is a Malayic language which is spoken by Berau Malays in Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is one three native varieties of Malay in southern 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.

References

  1. ^ Berau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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