![]() An illustration of a Dayak Ngaju warrior.
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Total population | |
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(400,000) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Central Kalimantan, Indonesia (324,504) | |
Languages | |
Ngaju language, Bakumpai language | |
Religion | |
Christianity (Protestant Christian & Catholicism), Islam, Kaharingan | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Dayak people (Bakumpai people, Meratus Dayak) |
Ngaju are indigenous people of Borneo from the Dayak group. The Ngaju people first appeared as a newly recognized people group in census 2000 and were made up of 18.02% of Central Kalimantan population, which before this the Ngaju people were considered as part of the Dayak people in a 1930 census. They speak Ngaju language.
Based on river stream regions, the Ngaju people are divided into:-
Based on linguistic cluster, the Ngaju people are divided into:-