Native to Indonesia, Malaysia Ethnicity Kayan people | Region Borneo | |
Native speakers (35,000 cited 1981–2007) Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Kayan–Murik
Modang–Kayan
Kayan 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 | ||
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