The Kayanic or Kayan–Murik languages are a group of
Austronesian languages spoken in
Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...
by the
Kayan, Morek Baram,
Bahau
Bahau ( Jawi: بهااو, ) is the principal town of Jempol District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The town's name is believed to have been derived from a Chinese phrase. Bahau's literal translation is "horse's mouth" while the nearby town, Mahsan ...
, and related peoples.
Languages
The Kayanic languages are:
*Kayan proper:
Bahau
Bahau ( Jawi: بهااو, ) is the principal town of Jempol District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The town's name is believed to have been derived from a Chinese phrase. Bahau's literal translation is "horse's mouth" while the nearby town, Mahsan ...
, various languages called ''
Kayan''
*Modang:
Modang,
Segai (Punan Kelai)
*Müller-Schwaner "Punan":
Hovongan,
Aoheng,
(Punan) Aput,
Punan Merah,
Kereho-Uheng
*
Murik
Robert Blust
Robert A. Blust (; ; May 9, 1940 – January 5, 2022) was an American linguist who worked in several areas, including historical linguistics, lexicography and ethnology. He was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Blus ...
(1991) specifically excluded Kayan from his
North Bornean languages
The Greater North Borneo languages are a proposed subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The subgroup covers languages that are spoken throughout much of Borneo (excluding the southeastern area where the Greater Barito languages are spok ...
. He removed
Bukat from Kayan in 2010.
Müller-Schwaner Punan languages are classified by Smith (2017)
as
Central Sarawak.
Smith (2017, 2019)
Smith (2017, 2019) classifies the Kayanic languages as follows:
[Smith, Alexander (2017). ''The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification''. PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.]
*Kayan–Murik
**
Kayan (Baram, Rejang-Busang, Bahau, Data Dian)
**
Murik-Merap (Ngorek, Pua’, Huang Bau, Merap)
*Segai–Modang
**
Segai (Gaai, (Punan) Kelai)
**
Modang (Kelinjau Modang, Wahau Modang, Long Gelat)
West Kalimantan groups
Some Kayanic-speaking Dayak ethnic subgroups and their respective languages in
West Kalimantan
West Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital city is Pontianak, Indonesia, Pontianak. The province has ...
province, Indonesia:
[Bamba, John (ed.) (2008). ''Mozaik Dayak keberagaman subsuku dan bahasa Dayak di Kalimantan Barat''. ]Pontianak
Pontianak or Khuntien is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, founded first as a trading port on the island of Borneo, occupying an area of 118.31 km2 in the delta of the Kapuas River at a point where it is joined by ...
: Institut Dayakologi. .[Istiyani, Chatarina Pancer (2008). ''Memahami peta keberagaman subsuku dan bahasa Dayak di Kalimantan Barat''. Institut Dayakologi.]
:
References
External links
*
Kaipuleohone Kaipuleohone is a digital ethnographic archive that houses audio and visual files, photographs, as well as hundreds of textual material such as notes, dictionaries, and transcriptions relating to small and endangered languages. The archive is stored ...
archived materials of Kayan from the
Robert Blust
Robert A. Blust (; ; May 9, 1940 – January 5, 2022) was an American linguist who worked in several areas, including historical linguistics, lexicography and ethnology. He was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Blus ...
collection (
RB2-003-A,
RB2-003-C).
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Greater North Borneo languages