Harshen belait

Belait, ko Lemeting, yaren Malayo-Polynesia ne na Brunei da makwabciyar Malaysia. Mutanen Belait ne ke magana da shi waɗanda galibi ke zaune a gundumar Belait ta Brunei. An kiyasta cewa akwai masu magana 700 a cikin 1995. Martin, Peter W. 1995. 'Whither the indigenous languages of Brunei Darussalam?' Oceanic Linguistics 34:44–60

 Rabewa 
Belait yana da alaƙa da harsunan Miri, Kiput da Narum na Sarawak. Ana la'akari da shi wani ɓangare na rukunin ƙananan Baram na harsunan Arewa Sarawak. Blust, Robert. 1997. 'Ablaut in Western Borneo'. Diachronica XIV:1–30.

 Yaruka 
Akwai yaruka huɗu masu fahimtar juna na Belait. Clynes, Adrian. 2005. 'Belait'. In Nikolaus P. Himmelmann & Alexander Adelaar (eds.) The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar. Abingdon: Routledge. Ana magana da waɗannan a manyan yankuna biyu:

 A kauyukan Kuala Balai da Labi
 A cikin gundumar Kiudang na Tutong

Yaruka daban-daban na Belait - Metting da Bong - ana magana da su a cikin ƙauyen Mungkom, Kiudang. Clynes, Adrian. 2005. 'Belait'. In Nikolaus P. Himmelmann & Alexander Adelaar (eds.) The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar. Abingdon: Routledge. Akwai ƙananan masu magana da kowane yare.

 Fassarar sauti 
Gabaɗaya nassoshi game da phonology na Belait sun haɗa da Martin (1990) akan Metteng Belait Clynes, Adrian. 2005. 'Belait'. In Nikolaus P. Himmelmann & Alexander Adelaar (eds.) The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar. Abingdon: Routledge. Martin, Peter W. 1990. Notes on the Phonology of Belait. Unpublished MS. da Noor Alifah Abdullah (1992) akan Labi Belait.  Noor Alifah Abdullah. 1992. Struktur bahasa Belait. Unpublished BA Thesis, Department of Malay Language and Linguistics, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Wannan zane yana dogara ne akan yaren Metteng (Clynes 2005). Sauran yarukan na iya bambanta a cikin phonology da ƙamus.

 Consonants 
 Labial Apical Laminal Dorsal Glottal Nasal m n ɲ ŋ Plosives  p t c k ʔ  b d ɟ g Masu saɓo s ʁ h Lantarki l  Glides w j

 Wasula 
Meteng Belait yana da wasulan monophthong guda biyar  . Akwai diphthong guda ɗaya  .

Lambar wayar  an fahimta kamar yadda  a cikin kalmomin da ba na ƙarshe ba, kuma kamar yadda  kuma  a cikin kalmomin ƙarshe. Clynes, Adrian. 2005. 'Belait'. In Nikolaus P. Himmelmann & Alexander Adelaar (eds.) The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar. Abingdon: Routledge.

 Tsarin Harafi 
Tushen lexical disyllabic . Kalmomin ƙarshe sune yawanci (C)V((C)C). Wadanda ba na karshe ba yawanci ((C)C)V(C). Clynes, Adrian. 2005. 'Belait'. In Nikolaus P. Himmelmann & Alexander Adelaar (eds.) The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar. Abingdon: Routledge.

 Nahawu 

 Azuzuwan kalmomi 
Manyan azuzuwan kalmomi a cikin Belait sune fi'ili da sunaye . Ana iya bambanta azuzuwan biyu ta hanyar rarraba su, tsari da aikinsu. Misali, ana soke fi'ili tare da sigar  and nouns with form  :

Manazarta 
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