Abstract
ABSTRACT This article revisits a 1996 study on the unplanned use of Englishin Brunei, in which it was found that in addition to being regarded as the most important language in the country, Malay was also the dominant code in most of the domains investigated. The conclusion also stated that it was unlikely for English to ever be regarded as a first language by the Bruneians. The current findings differ in substantial ways from the 1996 study such that the role of Malay has diminished and code-switching now dominates in most of the settings. English has also surpassed Malay as the language regarded as most important. A trend appears to be emerging showing a relationship between age and language preference and the relationship was found to be statistically highly significant. It is concluded that should this trend continue, the prediction that Brunei will one day be monolingually English-centric could may well come true.
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