Ngaju language

Ngaju
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Kalimantan
Native speakers	890,000 (2003)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian West Barito South Ngaju
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	ngaj1237
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Ngaju is an Austronesian language spoken along the Kapuas, Kahayan, Katingan, and Mentaya Rivers in Central Borneo, Indonesia. It is closely related to Bakumpai language. There are three dialects—Pulopetak, Ba'amang, and Mantangai.

Ngaju has the following consonants.

Ngaju has the following vowels. All vowels except ə can be long.

Vocabulary comparison between Bakumpai, Ngaju, Indonesian and English languages.

Ashn E. Johannes. 1971. "An Introduction to Dayak Ngaju Morphology," Malang MA thesis.

T.W.J. Mihing & W.A.L. Stokhof. 1977. "On the Ngaju Dayak Sound System," Miscellaneous Studies in Indonesian and Languages in Indonesia 3:49-59.

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