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Kayan language (Borneo)

Kayan
Kajan
Native to Indonesia, Malaysia
Region Borneo
Ethnicity Kayan people
Native speakers
(35,000 cited 1981–2007)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
 – Kayan Mahakam
 – Baram Kayan
 – Busang Kayan
 – Kayan River Kayan
 – Mendalam Kayan
 – Rejang Kayan
 – Wahau Kayan
 – Bahau
Glottolog kaya1323  Kayan Proper
kaya1325  Kayan River Kayan
reja1241  Rejang Kayan

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.



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