Kayan language (Borneo)

For the unrelated "Kayan" language spoken by the Kayan people of Burma, see Padaung language.
Kayan
Kajan
Native to Indonesia, Malaysia
Region Borneo
Ethnicity Kayan people
Native speakers
 unknown (35,000 cited 1981–2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
xay – Kayan Mahakam
kys – Baram Kayan
bfg – Busang Kayan
xkn – Kayan River Kayan
xkd – Mendalam Kayan
ree – Rejang Kayan
whu – Wahau Kayan
bhv – Bahau
Glottolog kaya1323  (Kayan Proper)[2]
kaya1325  (Kayan River Kayan)[3]
reja1241  (Rejang Kayan)[4]

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.

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

External links

  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)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kayan Proper". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kayan River Kayan". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Rejang Kayan". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.