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Total population | |
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400,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Indonesia: | |
Central Kalimantan | 324,504 (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.