| Kayan | |
|---|---|
| Kajan | |
| Native to | Indonesia,Malaysia |
| Region | Borneo |
| Ethnicity | Kayans |
Native speakers | (35,000 cited 1981–2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:xay – Kayan Mahakamkys – Baram Kayanbfg – Busang Kayanxkn – Kayan River Kayanxkd – Mendalam Kayanree – Rejang Kayanwhu – Wahau Kayanbhv – Bahau |
| Glottolog | kaya1333 Kayanic |
Kayan (Kajan, Kayan proper) is adialect cluster spoken by theKayan people ofBorneo. It is a cluster of closely related dialects with limitedmutual intelligibility, and is itself part of theKayan-Murik group of Austronesian languages.
Baram Kayan is a local trade language.[further explanation needed]Bahau is part of the dialect cluster, but is not ethnically Kayan.
Glottolog v4.8 classifies the Kayan dialect cluster as follows:
| Kayan |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The following is based on the Baram dialect:
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | (tʃ) | k | ʔ |
| tense | tː | kː | ||||
| voiced | b | d | dʒ | g | ||
| Fricative | β | s | (ʃ) | h | ||
| Tap/Trill | r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ə | ɔ |
| Open | a |
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