Phinbellan language

Phinbellan

Bahasa Phinbella بهاس ڤينبيللا 바하사 핀벨라
Pronunciation	[baˈhasə ɸiŋ'bella]
Spoken natively in	Phinbella (Spoken by the vast majority of those in Phinbella, although most learn a local Malay dialect, creole or other native language first.)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayo-Sumbawan (?) Malayic Malayan Malay Malacca ("Riau") Malay Phinbellan language Phinbellan
Writing system	Latin (Rumi) Arabic (Jawi) Hangul Phinbellan Braille
Source	Malay
Dialects	-
Official status
Official language in	Phinbella
Regulated by	Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Phinbella (Institute of Language and Literature)
Language codes
MOS-9 codes	bp

The Phinbellan language (Phineaner: Bahasa Phinbella, Jawi: بهاس ڤينبيللا) or Phinbellan Malay (Phineaner: bahasa Melayu Phinbella), is the name regularly applied to the Malay language used in Phinbella (as opposed to the lect used in Indokistan, which is referred to as the Indokistani language). Constitutionally, however, the official language of Phinbella is Malay, but the government from time to time refers to it as Phinbellan. Standard Phinbellan is a standard form of the Johore-Riau dialect of Malay. It is spoken by much of the Phinbellan population, although most learn a vernacular form of Malay or other native language first.

Status

Article 152 of the Federation designates Malay, Korean, Afrikaans and Romansh as the official language. Between RP 2616 and RP 2623, the official term Bahasa Phinbella was replaced by "Bahasa Melayu". Today, to recognize that Phinbella is composed of many ethnic groups (and not only the ethnic Pahanese Phinbellan), the term Bahasa Malaysia has once again become the government's preferred designation for the Bahasa Kebangsaan (National Language) and the Bahasa Perpaduan/Penyatu (unifying language/lingua franca).

Writing system

Traffic signs in Phinbellan: Warning sign "Level crossing" and regulatory sign "Stop".

The script of the Phinbellan language is prescribed by law as the Latin alphabet, known in Malay as Rumi (Roman alphabets), provided that the Arabic alphabet called Jawi (or Malay script) and Hangul is not proscribed for that purpose. Rumi is official while efforts are currently being undertaken to preserve Jawi and Hangul script and to revive its use in Phinbella. The Latin alphabet, however, is still the most commonly used script in Phinbella, both for official and informal purposes.