Kayan language (Borneo)

Kayan (Kajan, Kayan proper) is a dialect cluster spoken by the Kayan people of Borneo. It is a cluster of closely related dialects with limited mutual intelligibility, and is itself part of the Kayan-Murik group of Austronesian languages.

For the unrelated "Kayan" language spoken by the Kayan people of Burma, see Padaung language.
Kayan
Kajan
Native toIndonesia, Malaysia
RegionBorneo
EthnicityKayan people
Native speakers
(35,000 cited 1981–2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
xay – Kayan Mahakam
kys – Baram Kayan
bfg – Busang Kayan
xkn – Kayan River Kayan
xkd – Mendalam Kayan
ree – Rejang Kayan
whu – Wahau Kayan
bhv – Bahau
Glottologkaya1323  Kayan Proper
kaya1325  Kayan River Kayan
reja1241  Rejang Kayan

Baram Kayan is a local trade language. Bahau is part of the dialect cluster, but is not ethnically Kayan.

  1. Kayan Mahakam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Baram Kayan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Busang Kayan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Kayan River Kayan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Mendalam Kayan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Rejang Kayan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    (Additional references under 'Language codes' in the information box)
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