Kayan–Murik languages

For the unrelated "Kayan" language spoken by the Kayan people of Burma, see Padaung language.
Kayanic
Kayan–Murik
Geographic
distribution:
central Borneo
Linguistic classification:

Austronesian

Subdivisions:
  • Kayan
  • Modang
  • Muller-Schwaner "Punan"
  • Murik
Glottolog: kaya1333[1]

The Kayan or Kayan–Murik languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in Borneo by the Kayan, Punan, and related peoples.

They are,

Robert Blust (1991) specifically excluded Kayan from his North Bornean languages. He removed Bukat from Kayan in 2010.

References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kayanic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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