Ngaju people

Ngaju people
Dayak Ngaju / Dayak Biaju
An illustration of a Dayak Ngaju warrior.
Total population
400,000
Regions with significant populations
 Indonesia:
Central Kalimantan324,504 (2000)[1]
Languages
Ngaju language, Bakumpai language, Indonesian language
Religion
Christianity (Protestant Christian & Catholicism) 44%, Islam (Sunni) 43%, Kaharingan 13% [2]
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.[3] 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.[4] They speak the Ngaju language.

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik - Sensus Penduduk Tahun 2000
  2. ^ Chalmers, Ian (2006). "The Dynamics of Conversion: The Islamisation of the Dayak Peoples of Central Kalimantan". In Vickers, A.; Hanlon, M. (eds.). Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA): Asia Reconstructed, Jun 26–29 2006. Wollongong, NSW: Australian National University. hdl:20.500.11937/35283.
  3. ^ Leo Suryadinata, Evi Nurvidya Arifin & Aris Ananta (2003). Indonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 981-230-212-3.
  4. ^ Riwanto Tirtosudarmo (2007). Mencari Indonesia: Demografi-Politik Pasca-Soeharto. Yayasan Obor Indonesia. ISBN 978-979-799-083-1.