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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.

Kayan
Kajan
Native toIndonesia, Malaysia
RegionBorneo
EthnicityKayan people
Native speakers
(35,000 cited 1981–2007)[1]
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
xay  Kayan Mahakam
kys  Baram Kayan
bfg  Busang Kayan
xkn  Kayan River Kayan
xkd  Mendalam Kayan
ree  Rejang Kayan
whu  Wahau Kayan
bhv  Bahau
Glottologkaya1323  Kayan Proper
kaya1325  Kayan River Kayan
reja1241  Rejang Kayan

Baram Kayan is a local trade language.[further explanation needed] Bahau is part of the dialect cluster, but is not ethnically Kayan.


Phonology


The following is based on the Baram dialect:


Consonants


Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless p t () k ʔ
tense
voiced b d g
Fricative β s (ʃ) h
Tap/Trill r
Lateral l
Approximant w j

Vowels


Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid ɛ ə ɔ
Open a


  1. Kayan Mahakam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Baram Kayan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Busang Kayan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Kayan River Kayan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Mendalam Kayan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Rejang Kayan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    (Additional references under 'Language codes' in the information box)
  2. Cubit, L. E. (1964). Kayan phonemics. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 120. pp. 409–423.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)



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