Kayan, Baram
A language of Malaysia (Sarawak)
| Population | 4,150 (Wurm and Hattori 1981). |
| Region | Northern Sarawak, Baram River area. |
| Language map |
Brunei and Malaysia - Sarawak, reference number 74 |
| Alternate names | Baram Kajan |
| Dialects | Long Atip, Long Akahsemuka. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Kayan-Kenyah, Kayanic, Kayan Proper |
| Language use | Trade language. |
| Language development | Bible: 1990. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists: wet and dry rice, sweet potatoes, bananas, tobacco, sugarcane, maize, rubber; hunters; fishermen; rattan sellers; beeswax; camphor. |
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