Ngaju people

Ngaju people
Dayak Ngaju / Dayak Baiju

300px An illustration of a Dayak Ngaju warrior.
Total population
(400,000)
Regions with significant populations
Central Kalimantan (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.

Dayak Ngaju family clusters

Based on river stream regions, the Ngaju people are divided into:-

• Greater Batang Baiju - Greater Baiju River
• Lesser Batang Baiju - Lesser Baiju River

Based on linguistic cluster, the Ngaju people are divided into:-

• Dayak Ngaju (Ngaju Kapuas) people
• Dayak Kahayan (Ngaju Kahayan) people
• Dayak Katingan (Ngaju Katingan) people
• Dayak Mendawai people (Central Kalimantan)
• Dayak Bakumpai people (South Kalimantan)
• Dayak Meratus people (South Kalimantan)
• Dayak Mengkatip people (Central Kalimantan)
• Dayak Berangas people (South Kalimantan, which is said to be no longer identifiable and their language is no longer in existence as of 2010 due to assimilation into the mainstream Kuala Banjar people)
• Dayak Beraki (Bara-ki) people (no longer in existence)

Traditional folk songs

• Sinta Takalupe Lunuk
• Karungut, Kal-Teng Membangun
• Yang Mahakasih (religious song)

External links

• Ngaju people
• Soft Minded Men