The Kayan or Kayan-Murik languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in Borneo by the Kayan, Punan, and related peoples. They are, Modang-Kayan Kayan proper: Bahau, various languages called Kayan Modang: Modang, Segai (Punan Kelai) Punan-Kajang Muller-Schwaner "Punan": Bukat, Hovongan, Aoheng, Punan, Kereho-Uheng Kajang: Bukitan, Kajaman, Lahanan, Punan Batu, Sekapan, Sian, Ukit Kenyah Murik Robert Blust (1991) specifically excluded Kayan from his North Bornean languages.

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  • The Kayan or Kayan-Murik languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in Borneo by the Kayan, Punan, and related peoples. They are, Modang-Kayan Kayan proper: Bahau, various languages called Kayan Modang: Modang, Segai (Punan Kelai) Punan-Kajang Muller-Schwaner "Punan": Bukat, Hovongan, Aoheng, Punan, Kereho-Uheng Kajang: Bukitan, Kajaman, Lahanan, Punan Batu, Sekapan, Sian, Ukit Kenyah Murik Robert Blust (1991) specifically excluded Kayan from his North Bornean languages. In his conception, Kayan consisted of Kayan, Modang, Muller-Schwaner "Punan", and Murik. However, a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the unity of Kayan with the North Sarawakan (North Borneo) families of Kenyah and Kajang, as shown above. (Modang-Kayan specifically was supported at a 95% confidence level, and Punan-Kajang at 90%. ) The position of Murik was not addressed, and so is left here as a primary branch, as in Blust.
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  • Kayan-Murik
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  • Austronesian
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  • Kayan
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  • The Kayan or Kayan-Murik languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in Borneo by the Kayan, Punan, and related peoples. They are, Modang-Kayan Kayan proper: Bahau, various languages called Kayan Modang: Modang, Segai (Punan Kelai) Punan-Kajang Muller-Schwaner "Punan": Bukat, Hovongan, Aoheng, Punan, Kereho-Uheng Kajang: Bukitan, Kajaman, Lahanan, Punan Batu, Sekapan, Sian, Ukit Kenyah Murik Robert Blust (1991) specifically excluded Kayan from his North Bornean languages.
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  • Kayan-Murik languages
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