Kayan language (Borneo)

Kayan
Kayan
Kajan
Native to	Indonesia, Malaysia
Region	Borneo
Ethnicity	Kayans
Native speakers	(35,000 cited 1981–2007)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Greater North Borneo ? Kayanic Kayan–Murik Kayan; ; ; ; ;
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	kaya1333 Kayanic

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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