Ethnicity Kayan people | ||
Native speakers (35,000 cited 1981–2007) Language family AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianKayan–MurikModang–KayanKayan ISO 639-3 Variously:xay – Kayan Mahakamkys – Baram Kayanbfg – Busang Kayanxkn – Kayan River Kayanxkd – Mendalam Kayanree – Rejang Kayanwhu – Wahau Kayanbhv – Bahau | ||
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.
References
Kayan language (Borneo) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA