Kedayan

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Kedayan people
Kadayan / Kadaian / Kadyan
Image from page 204 of "Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence;" (1908) (14769945902).jpg
Kadayan women, 1908. Note the light tunic with rows of buttons.
Total population
Est. 240,000 in Borneo
Regions with significant populations
Borneo:
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak & Federal Territory of Labuan)
Languages
Kedayan and Standard Malay
Religion
Predominantly Star and Crescent.svg Sunni Muslim
Related ethnic groups
Bruneian Malay, Banjarese, Javanese, Lun Bawang/Lundayeh

The Kedayan (also known as Kadayan, Kadaian or Kadyan) are an ethnic group residing in Brunei, Federal Territory of Labuan, southwest of Sabah, and north of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. [1] [2] According to the Language and Literature Bureau of Brunei, the Kedayan language (ISO 639-3: kxd) is spoken by about 30,000 people in Brunei, [3] and it has been claimed that there are a further 46,500 speakers in Sabah and 37,000 in Sarawak. [4] [5] [6] In Sabah, the Kedayan mainly live in the southern districts of Sipitang and Beaufort, where they are counted as a part of the local Malay populace (and they are often considered as Bruneians owing to assimilation as well as mixed marriage factors). [4] [7] Whilst in Sarawak, the Kedayans mostly reside in the towns of Lawas, Limbang and Miri (especially the Subis area). [4]

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History

A Kedayan man, standing underneath a rice barn. Image from page 90 of "Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft" (1896) (16145308194).jpg
A Kedayan man, standing underneath a rice barn.

The origins of the Kedayans are uncertain. Some of them believe their people were originally from Ponorogo, Java, [1] which they left during the reign of Sultan Bolkiah. Because of his fame as a sea captain and voyager, the Sultan was well-known to the people of Java, Sumatra and the Philippines. [1] It is believed that when the Sultan arrived to the island of Java, he became interested in the local agricultural techniques. [1] He brought some of the Javanese farmers back to his country to spread their techniques. The farmers inter-married with the local Bruneian Malay people, giving birth to the Kedayan ethnicity. [1] Most Kedayans have adopted Islam since the Islamic era of the Sultanate of Brunei. They have also adopted Malay culture. [6] The Kedayans are recognized as one of the indigenous people of Borneo. [8] They are experts in making traditional medicines. The Kedayans are well known for their cultivation of medicinal plants, which they grow to treat a wide range of ailments and to make tonics. [4]

The language of one of the indigenous tribes, the Banjar people in Kutai, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, is said to share more than 90% of the vocabulary with the Kedayan language, despite the fact that the Banjarese do not refer to themselves as Kedayans.[ citation needed ] Both the Kedayans and the Banjarese are related, to a certain extent, because of the similarities in their languages. [9]

Language

The Kedayan language is similar to Brunei Malay, and it has been claimed that as many as 94% of the words in the two languages are cognate. [10]

The main differences in pronunciation are that Kedayan has initial /h/ while Brunei Malay does not, so Kedayan hutan (forest) is utan in Brunei Malay; [11] and Kedayan does not have /r/, so Malay rumah (house) is umah in Kedayan. [12]

Notable people

Brunei

Sabah

Labuan

Sarawak

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