Tutong language

Not to be confused with Tutong language 1.

Tutong
Tutong 2
Region	Brunei
Native speakers	17,000 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean North Sarawakan Berawan–Lower Baram Lower Baram Kiput–Belait Tutong
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ttg`
Glottolog	`tuto1241`^[2]

The Tutong language, also known as Tutong 2, is a language spoken by 16,600 people in Brunei. It is the main language of the Tutong people, the majority ethnic group in the Tutong District of Brunei. It is an Austronesian language, part of the Dusunic languages group spoken in Brunei and the neighbouring Malaysian state of Sabah.

References

↑ Tutong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tutong". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Bornean languages

North Bornean

Sabahan

Unclassified	Dumpas

North Sarawakan

Unclassified	Bintulu

Sama-Bajaw ?	Abaknon Bajaw Sinama Pangutaran Sama

Bold indicates languages with more than 1 million speakers
? indicates classification dispute
† indicates extinct status

Languages of Brunei

Official language	English Malay

Minority languages	Belait Berawan Bisaya Brunei Malay Iban Lun Bawang Melanau Penan-Nibong Sian Tutong

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