• Source: Kayan language (Borneo)

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.




Internal classification


Glottolog v4.8 classifies the Kayan dialect cluster as follows:




Phonology


The following is based on the Baram dialect:




= Consonants

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/r/ can be heard as either a tap [ɾ] or a trill [r] in free variation.
/k/ can be heard as [x] when in free fluctuation with [k] in word-medial position.
/ɲ, ŋ/ can be realized as more fronted [ɲ̟, ŋ̟] when preceding high vocoids.
/dʒ/ may also be heard as a palatalized stop [dʲ] in free fluctuation.
/s/ may also be heard as [ʃ] in free variation, and may also fluctuate to a stop sound [tʃ].




= Vowels

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Length [Vː] is said to occur in free variation or in word-final position.
/i/ can be heard as [ɪ] in initial or medial positions, or in free variation with [i].
/ə/ can also be heard as [ɘ] in word-medial position.
/a/ can be heard as [ɐ] before a medial or final /ʔ/ or /h/.
/ɔ/ can be heard as [o] when before a /ʔ/ or /h/, or in fluctuation with [ɔ].




External links

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Rumpun Dayak
• Bahasa Kayan Baram
• Bahasa Kayan Mahakam
• Bahasa Kayan Rejang
• Bahasa Banjar
• Bahasa Kayan Mendalam
• Sarawak
• Rumpun bahasa Kalimantan Utara
• Daftar dialek Bahasa Dayak
• Bahasa Sa'ban
• Kayan language (Borneo)
• Kayan people (Borneo)
• Kayan–Murik languages
• Kayan language
• Kayan
• Kayan people (Myanmar)
• Greater North Borneo languages
• Malayo-Polynesian languages
• Murik language
• Kayan Mentarang National Park