Ngaju people
An illustration of a Dayak Ngaju warrior. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 400,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Indonesia: | |
| Central Kalimantan | 324,504 (2000) |
| Languages | |
| Ngaju language, Bakumpai language, Indonesian language | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Protestant & Catholicism)(Majority), Islam (Sunni), Kaharingan | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dayak people (Bakumpai people, Meratus Dayak) | |
The Ngaju people (also Ngaju Dayak or Dayak Ngaju or Biaju) are an indigenous ethnic group of Borneo from the Dayak group. In a census from 2000, when they were first listed as a separate ethnic group, they made up 18.02% of the population of Central Kalimantan province. In an earlier census from 1930, the Ngaju people were included in the Dayak people count. They speak the Ngaju language.