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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. 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, and it has been claimed that there are a further 46,500 speakers in Sabah and 37,000 in Sarawak. 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 consi

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Ethnic group.group
Kedayan peopleKadayan / Kadaian / Kadyan
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Ethnic group.caption
Kadayan women, . Note the light tunic with rows of buttons.
Ethnic group.population
'''''' in Borneo
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Borneo: (Sabah, Sarawak and the Federal Territory of Labuan)
Ethnic group.langs
Kedayan and Sabah Malay, Sarawak Malay, Standard Malay and English
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frameless|upright=0.05 Sunni Islam (majority)
Ethnic group.related
Bruneian Malay, Dusun (Brunei), Banjarese, Javanese, Lun Bawang/Lundayeh,Other Indigenous peoples of Brunei

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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. 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, and it has been claimed that there are a further 46,500 speakers in Sabah and 37,000 in Sarawak. 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). Whilst in Sarawak, the Kedayans mostly reside in the towns of Lawas, Limbang and Miri (especially the Subis area).

== History == thumb|left|A Kedayan man, standing underneath a rice barn.

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