Nation Of Brunei Essay

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Brunei , officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace ,

is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. In addition to its coastline with the South China Sea, the country is completely surrounded by the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is divided into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang. Brunei is the only sovereign state completely on the island of Borneo; the rest of the island's territory is divided between the nations of Malaysia and Indonesia. The population of Brunei was 408,786 in July 2012.

At the height of the Bruneian Empire, Sultan Bolkiah (who ruled between 1485 and 1528) controlled most parts of Borneo, including the current Sarawak and Sabah and the Sulu Archipelago, northeast of Borneo, Seludong. (Modern Manila), and the islands in the northwest corner of Borneo. The …show more content…

The population of Brunei in July 2013 was 415,717, 76% of whom live in urban areas. The urbanization rate is estimated at 2.13% per year from 2010 to 2015. The average life expectancy is 77.7 years. In 2014, 65.7% of the population was Malaysian, 10.3% Chinese, 3.4% Aboriginal, 20.6% of the smaller groups making up the rest. The official language of Brunei is Malay. Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports supports linguistic movement to increase language use in Brunei

The main language spoken is Melayu Brunei (Malaise Brunei). Malaysian brunettei is very different from standard Malay and the rest of the Malaysian dialects, being about 84% related to standard Malay and is mostly unintelligible to each other.

English and Chinese are also widely spoken, English is also used in business, as a language of work and as a language of instruction from primary to higher education, and there is a relatively large expatriate

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