Nage people
Wife and daughters of Raga Noli, the Raja (King) of a village in Nage, Ngada Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (Flores), Indonesia | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 68,400 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) | |
| Languages | |
| Nage language, Indonesian language | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholic Christian (predominantly), Islam, Folk |
The Nage are an indigenous people living on the eastern Indonesian islands of Flores (chiefly in the eponymous Nagekeo Regency), and Timor. They are descended from the indigenous population of Flores They are largely assimilated by the neighboring people. They speak Nage, one of the major languages in the Austronesian languages group.