The Kedayan are an ethnic group

Ethnic group

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 residing in Brunei

Brunei

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, Labuan

Labuan

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, Sabah

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, and parts of Sarawak

Sarawak

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 on the island of Borneo

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. They are also known as Kadayan, Kadaian or simply badly spelled as Kadyan by British. The Kedayan language (ISO 639-3

ISO 639-3

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: kxd) is the de facto national language of Brunei. It is spoken by more than 130,000 people in Brunei, 46,500 in Sabah and 37,000 in Sarawak. In Sabah they are mainly live in Sipitang, Labuan, Beaufort and Kuala Penyu.