Editing Iban language (section)

===1958-1977: Borneo Literature Bureau (BLB) foundation===
During the period of [[Crown Colony of Sarawak]], the Iban language was used in government official letters, courts, announcements, and notices. Radio Sarawak, started by the British, offered Iban language programmes. The Iban language, known under the name of "Asian language", was offered as an examination subject in the Sarawak Junior Certificate. The "Asian language" was renamed to "Iban language" in 1963. [[Borneo Literature Bureau]]  (BLB) was founded by the British in 1958 to collect and document oral Iban literature. BLB published more than 60 Iban language books during its lifetime until 1973 when it was replaced by a Malaysian federal government agency [[Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka]] (DBP) in 1977. After that, the publication of books in Bornean languages came to a halt.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tawai|first=Jimbun A.|year=1998|chapter=Iban mother tongue education|editor=Kia Soong |title= Mother Tongue Education of Malaysia Ethnic Minorities|pages=100–113|location= Kuala Lumpur|publisher=Dong Jiao Zong Higher Learning Center}}</ref> The publication of the ''Nendak'' ([[s:Popular Science Monthly/Volume 60/November 1901/The Omen Animals of Sarawak|name of an omen bird]]) magazine, which was started by BLB in 1967 also came to a halt.<ref name=":0" /> Jimbun Tawai, the former vice chairman of Sarawak Dayak Iban Association, called this period under Crown Colony as "golden era" of the Iban language.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=Karla J. |date=February 2003 |title=Minority Language Education in Malaysia: Four Ethnic Communities' Experiences |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13670050308667772 |journal=International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism |language=en |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=52–65 |doi=10.1080/13670050308667772 |issn=1367-0050|url-access=subscription }}</ref>