Phrases you are likely to need in Borneo, to judge from a phrasebook distributed in 1966 by the Borneo Literature Bureau:

• Wait while I remove these leeches.
• I have been bitten by sand flies.
• There are too many rats.
• There are a lot of mosquitoes here.
• The cockroaches have eaten my shirt.
• Is this poisonous?
• What made that noise?
• Is Sibu Laut in a swamp?
• Is there a taboo on your house?
• Is the burning finished?
• Where can I defecate?
• Is that fish dangerous?
• This floor is not safe.
• The roof is leaking.
• There is no room in this boat.
• We must keep dry.
• I can’t come for a time because the monsoon will soon start.
• She has a bad pain/snakebite/gunshot wound.
• Tear some clean cloth into strips.
• Keep him warm.
• Go quickly for help.
• This vomiting needs urgent treatment.
• I do not know what is wrong. You must take her to the clinic.
• Your eyes need treatment, or you will become blind.