Sarawak Malay (
Standard Malay:
Bahasa Melayu Sarawak or
Bahasa Sarawak,
Jawi:
بهاس ملايو سراوق) is a
Malayan language native to the State of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a common language used by natives of
Sarawak. This variant is related to
Bruneian Malay, spoken in the districts of
Limbang and
Lawas (Sarawak) and Pontianak Malay, which is spoken in the neighbouring
West Kalimantan province in
Indonesia. It is more similar to
Ibanic languages compared to Malay variants in Sumatra and the Malayan Peninsula, which makes it mutually unintelligible for Malay speakers outside of Sarawak and Borneo..