Kayan–Murik languages explained

Kayanic
Region:	central Borneo, Indonesia and Malaysia
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	Greater North Borneo ?
Protoname:	Proto-Kayanic
Child1:	Kayan–Murik
Child2:	Segai–Modang
Glotto:	kaya1335
Glottorefname:	Kayan-Murik-Modang

The Kayanic or Kayan–Murik languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in Borneo by the Kayan, Morek Baram, Bahau, and related peoples.

Languages

The Kayanic languages are:

• Kayan proper: Bahau, various languages called Kayan
• Modang: Modang, Segai (Punan Kelai)
• Müller-Schwaner "Punan": Hovongan, Aoheng, (Punan) Aput, Punan Merah, Kereho-Uheng
• Murik

Robert Blust (1991) specifically excluded Kayan from his North Bornean languages. 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:^{[1] [2]}

• Kayanic
  • 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)

Smith (2018) is a lexical database of Wahau, Gaai, Kelai, Woq Helaq (Jiu Luai), Méi lan, Woq Helaq (Hibau), Long Gelat, Ngorek, Mpraa, Baram Kayan, Apo Kayan, Balui Liko Kayan, Busang, and Bahau Saq.^[3]

West Kalimantan groups

See main article: List of Dayak groups of West Kalimantan. Some Kayanic-speaking Dayak ethnic subgroups and their respective languages in West Kalimantan province, Indonesia:^{[4] [5]}

Group	Language	Regency
		Kapuas Hulu
		Kapuas Hulu
		Kapuas Hulu

External links

• Kaipuleohone archived materials of Kayan from the Robert Blust collection (RB2-003-A, RB2-003-C).

Notes and References

1. Smith, Alexander (2017). The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification. PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
2. Smith . Alexander D. . 2019 . A Reconstruction of Proto-Segai-Modang . Oceanic Linguistics . 58 . 2 . 353–385 . 10.1353/ol.2019.0012.
3. Web site: Kayanic comparative vocabularies. Smith. Alexander D.. 2018. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ScholarSpace. 2023-05-21.
4. Bamba, John (ed.) (2008). Mozaik Dayak keberagaman subsuku dan bahasa Dayak di Kalimantan Barat. Pontianak: Institut Dayakologi. .
5. Istiyani, Chatarina Pancer (2008). Memahami peta keberagaman subsuku dan bahasa Dayak di Kalimantan Barat. Institut Dayakologi.