Kayan–Murik languages

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

For the unrelated "Kayan" language spoken by the Kayan people of Burma, see Padaung language.

Kayanic
Kayan–Murik
Geographic distribution	central Borneo
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Greater North Borneo ? Kayanic
Subdivisions	Kayan Modang Müller-Schwaner "Punan" Murik
Glottolog	kaya1335[1]

They 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)[2] as Central Sarawak.

Smith (2017, 2019) classifies the Kayanic languages as follows:[2][3]

• 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)

References

1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kayan-Murik-Modang". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
2. Smith, Alexander (2017). The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification. PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
3. Smith, Alexander D. (2019). "A Reconstruction of Proto-Segai-Modang". Oceanic Linguistics. 58 (2): 353–385.

External links

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