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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Kayan

Kayan

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3kct

Population  600 (2004 PBT).
Region  Madang Province, Bogia District, coast east of Ramu River. 1 village.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 4, reference number 183
Alternate names   Kaian
Classification  Ramu-Lower Sepik, Ramu, Ottilien, Watam
Comments  Swidden agriculturalists; sago gatherers; copra, cocoa cash crops.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2011. Kaian Organised Phonology Data.  Available online