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THE LANGUAGES OF BORNEO. 
of Sarawak to Milano, and by those of Brunei to Malanau. 
“ The Mattu or Malanau name for inland is Kadaya, 
although the generic term applied to themselves is Mal¬ 
anau. Again, the numerous tribes situated far in the 
interior of Rejang, although a distant branch of the 
Malanau tribe, are called Kayan.”* * * § 
On these terms Mr. C. A. Bampfylde sends me the 
following note :—“ The word Day a, common to all Melanau 
people and to the Brunei Malays, is equivalent to the 
Malay darat , inland or interior as opposed to the sea. 
Kadaya means ‘ towards the land.’ The prefix Ka- and 
suffix -an convert an adjective into a substantive, hence 
Ka-daya-an is * an inlander.’ Of this word Kayan is in 
all probability a corruption. The term Kayan is applied 
by coast people only to the Kayans, and is not used by the 
latter among themselves. Orang Daya simply means, 
‘people of the interior.’”f 
According to A. E. Lawrence and J. Hewitt,j Milano 
traditions assign the date of their establishment on the 
coast to a period before the conversion of Brunei to Islam, 
which occurred centuries ago.§ 
C. Hose distinguishes the following divisions || :— 
1. Muka Malanaus, on the Muka and Oya Rivers. 
2. Bintulu Malanaus or Segaans, on the Niah and Bintulu 
Rivers. 
3. Miris on the Bakam and Miri Rivers. 
4. Dallis on the Sibuti and Bakong Rivers. 
5. Naroms on the Baram River. 
6. Matu Malanaus on the Matu River. 
7. Rejang Malanaus on the Rejang River. 
8. Igan Malanaus on the Igan River. 
9. Sigalangs on the Rejang River. 
10. Siduans on the Rejang River. 
11. Tutongs on the Tutong River. 
12. Balaits on the Balait River. 
* ‘ Ten Years in Sarawak.’ By C. Brooke (nowHis Highness the Bajah), 
i. p. 46. 
f Notes on S. H. R.’s MS. 
I “ Some Aspects of Spirit Worship amongst the Milano.” By A. E. 
Lawrence and J. Hewitt. Jour. Roy. Anthrop. Inst, xxxviii. p. 388. 
§ Crawford places the date of the foundation of the State of Brunei as 
corresponding with the year 1243 of the Christian era. At that time the 
first settlers had not adopted Islam (‘Dictionary of Indian Islands,’ p. 61). 
He does not give a date for the conversion of Brunei, but gives that of 
Achin as 1206, Malacca 1276, Java 1478, the Moluccas about 1440, and 
Celebes about 1616. 
|! In Ling Roth, p. 38. 
