Illustrative Words for Vowels
Words to illustrate the occurrence of the three vowels are given below. These are all common words in Brunei Malay, and in each one the vowel in question occurs in both syllables.
| /i/ | /bini/ | bini | 'wife' | |
| /u/ | /buku/ | buku | 'book' | |
| /a/ | /malam/ | malam | 'night' |