 A Bruneian Malay bride during her Malam Bebedak pre-wedding ceremony. The Malam Bebedak tradition is unique to the Brunei-Muara District. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 330,000[1] (1999 estimate) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Brunei MalaysiaSarawak (Miri, Lawas and Limbang) Sabah (Sipitang, Beaufort, Kuala Penyu, Papar, Kota Kinabalu) Labuan | |
| Languages | |
| Brunei Malay and Standard Malay | |
| Religion | |
 Sunni Islam (Shafi'i) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kedayan, Lun Bawang/Lundayeh, Dusun (Brunei), other Malays |
Bruneian Malays[note 1] (Malay: Orang Melayu Brunei, Jawi: اورڠ ملايو بروني) are a native Malay ethnic group that lives in Brunei, the federal territory of Labuan, the southwestern coast of Sabah and the northern parts of Sarawak.[2][3] The Bruneian Malays are a subgroup of the larger ethnic Malay population found in the other parts of the Malay World, namely Peninsular Malaysia and the central and southern areas of Sarawak including neighbouring lands such as Singapore, Indonesia and Southern Thailand, having visible differences especially in language and culture, even though they are ethnically related to each other and follow the teachings of Islam. All Bruneian Malays who are born or domiciled in East Malaysia even for generations before or after the independence of the states of Sabah and Sarawak from the British Empire through the formation of Malaysia in 1963 are also considered Malaysian Malays in the national census and were in the same status like the Malaysian Malays domiciled in Peninsular Malaysian states and the central and southern parts of Sarawak. They are also defined as a part of the Bumiputera racial classification together as a subgroup within the Malaysian Malay ethnic population along with the Kadazan-Dusuns, Orang Ulu, Ibans, Malaccan Portuguese, Muruts, Orang Sungai, Bajau, Suluks and the Malaysian Siamese.
- ^ Adrian Clynes. "Occasional Papers in Language Studies, Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Volume 7 (2001), pp. 11-43. (Brunei Malay: An Overview1)" (PDF). Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "The Malay of Malaysia". Bethany World Prayer Center. 1997. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ^ "The Diaspora Malay". Bethany World Prayer Center. 1997. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
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