Bruneian Malays

Bruneian Malays (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. The Bruneian Malays are a sub-group of the larger ethnic Malay population found in the other parts of the Malay world, namely West 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 adhere to Islam. All Bruneian Malays who are born or domiciled in East Malaysia even for generations before or after the formation of the Malaysian federation in 1963 are also considered Malaysian Malays in the national census and were in the same status like the Malaysian Malays domiciled in West 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, Dusun, Orang Ulu, Iban, Malaccan Portuguese, Murut, Rungus, Paitan (Orang Sungai), Bajau, Suluk, Melanau and the Malaysian Siamese.