Kayan language (Borneo)

Kayan
Kajan
Native to	Indonesia, Malaysia
Region	Borneo
Ethnicity	Kayan people
Native speakers	(35,000 cited 1981–2007)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Kayan–Murik Modang–Kayan Kayan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: – Kayan Mahakam – Baram Kayan – Busang Kayan – Kayan River Kayan – Mendalam Kayan – Rejang Kayan – Wahau Kayan – Bahau
Glottolog	`kaya1323` Kayan Proper `kaya1325` Kayan River Kayan `reja1241` Rejang Kayan

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.